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Why is it important that the James Webb Space Telescope will be operating in the infrared?
 
  A) It will allow us to study the highly redshifted light of distant galaxies, enabling us to observe them as they first formed in the early universe.
  B) The infrared is not easily visible from Earth's surface.
  C) It will allow us to be closer to the most distant galaxies, so we get better pictures.
  D) It will allow us to see into other universes that are not visible from Earth's surface.

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The Oort Cloud is believed to have been formed by
 
  A) planetesimals that were flung far from the Sun in gravitational encounters with the jovian planets.
  B) icy bodies formed between stars that have been captured by our solar system's gravity.
  C) moons that escaped from the jovian planets.
  D) debris from an icy planet that broke apart early in the solar system's history.
  E) debris from impacts of planetesimals, asteroids and comets with the jovian planets.


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Reply #1 on: Jul 27, 2018
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