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The words "elliptical", "irregular" and "peculiar" are used to classify galaxies based on ___
behavior
shape
location
mass
In the 1960s, the peculiar object 3C273 was eventually determined to be ___
an unassuming blue star
a galaxy emitting radio waves
a blue star emitting radio waves
an unassuming galaxy
Compared to our Sun, how much more energy is blasted out by 3C273, the brightest quasar in the sky?
4 thousand times
4 million times
4 billion times
4 trillion times
The most powerful energy source in the entire cosmos was dubbed, for short, a ___
luminar
pulsar
quasar
x-rayser
Galaxies that emit x-rays and gamma rays were given the generic name ___
EM emitters
active galaxies
XG blasters
emission galaxies
Which telescope was first used to search for evidence of black holes at the cores of galaxies?
the Spitzer Space Telescope
the Large Millimeter Telescope
the Hubble Space Telescope
the James Webb Space Telescope
What appears to be at the heart of every big galaxy we see?
a pulsar
a quasar
a bar of blue stars
a huge black hole
The flat disk of material that swirls around a black hole at ferocious speeds is called ___
an accretion disk
a spiral drain
a whirling conduit
an accumulation saucer
In which direction do active galaxies launch beams of matter and energy?
in random directions
along a single radius of the disc
in the plane of the disk
along the poles of the disk
If the poles of an active galaxy are aimed right at us, we see ___
lots of infrared radiation
lots of visible and ultraviolet light
lots of radio waves
lots of x-rays and gamma rays
A black hole, like the one in the Milky Way, that is not actively feeding is said to be ___
impelling
asleep
quiescent
progressive
One way to flip a quiescent black hole from a baby to a monster is through ___
galactic collisions
old age
a dissipating accretion disk
frictional forces
Our Milky Way is part of a small knot of a few dozen galaxies that we call ___
the Narrow Knot
the Local Group
the Small Aggregation
the Regional Cluster
Which two galaxies completely overpower the Local Group?
the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds
the Milky Way and the Large Magellanic Cloud
the Triangulum Galaxy and the Andromeda Galaxy
the Milky Way and the Andromeda Galaxy
The spectrum of the Andromeda Galaxy is blue-shifted, which means it's ___
approaching us
receding from us
expanding
contracting
What name is given to the merger of the Milky Way and the Andromeda Galaxy?
Androlkey
the Andromeda Way
Milkomeda
the Grand Merge
Located about 50 million light years away, what is the nearest galaxy cluster to us?
Abell 2065
the Hydra Cluster
the Centaurus Cluster
the Virgo Cluster
What sits right at the center of many galaxy clusters?
a quasar
a huge elliptical galaxy
a cluster of black holes
a neutron star
Clusters of galaxies themselves fall into even bigger groups called ___
supergroups
superclusters
megaclusters
megagroups
Superclusters appear to fall along tremendously long, interconnected and intersecting ___
threads
filaments
strands
tendrils
In between the galactic filaments are vast regions relatively empty of galaxies called ___
voids
holes
drains
barrens
What image, taken in 1995, shows a small grain of the sky filled with thousands of galaxies?
the James Webb Deep Field
the Palomar Long Exposure
the Spitzer Long Exposure
the Hubble Deep Field
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