Multiple Choice
The way scientists know that a hypothesis in astronomy is a reasonable description of nature is to
A) take a vote of astronomers around the world
B) consult with the oldest experts in the field
C) do experiments and observations about the predictions of the hypothesis
D) count how many scientific papers have been written about it
E) look it up in Wikipedia
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