Multiple Choice
A quasar is now thought to be a
A) long-lived supernova explosion.
B) very luminous object at a very large distance from the Sun.
C) nearby star, ejected with great violence and velocity from the center of a galaxy.
D) distant but very luminous and active star in the Milky Way Galaxy.
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