Most Stars in Our Part of the Galaxy Are Formed

question 50

Multiple Choice

Most stars in our part of the Galaxy are formed:

• A)alone.
• B)in open clusters of a few dozen.
• C)in associations of thousands of stars across a spiral arm of the Galaxy.
• D)in globular clusters of millions of stars.
• E)in a singular event just after the Big Bang.

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