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| Most X-ray emission in the Milky Way galaxy comes from |
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| objects residing in its spiral arms |
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| Who was the astronomer that discovered the white trail of Milky Way visible in the night sky was made up of thousands of tiny stars? |
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| When viewed from the Earth, on which constellation does the center of the Milky Way lies in? |
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| Who proposed the first model for the Milky Way from star counts? |
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| Which of the following star type(s) is (are) used to calculate distances in our galaxy? |
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| Which part of the Milky Way galaxy contains mostly old (Population II) stars? |
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| Contains globular clusters |
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| Black hole at the center of our galaxy is |
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| about 4 million times more massive than the Sun and a source of radio and X-ray flares forming in the surrounding accretion disk |
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| Astronomers determined the mass of a supermassive black hole at the center of our Galaxy by |
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| measuring velocities and distances of stars and gas closely revolving around it |
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| Astronomers determined the mass of the dark matter in the Milky Way galaxy from |
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| measurements of its rotation curve |
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| Which part contains the most of young (Population I) stars of the Milky Way Galaxy? |
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