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jazziefee

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on: Jul 27, 2018
Why is visible light a bad choice for studying the core of the Galaxy? What is better?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

In science, a broad idea that has been repeatedly verified so as to give scientists great confidence that it represents reality is called
 
  A) a paradigm.
  B) a hypothesis.
  C) Ptolemaic model.
  D) a theory.


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Reply #1 on: Jul 27, 2018
Answer to Question 1

Dust in the Galactic plane blocks our view of most of our Galaxy, particularly toward Sagittarius. Radio was the first region where the Galactic center showed up well, but infrared and X-rays have also given good results recently.

Answer to Question 2

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