Multiple Choice
The mechanism that leads to the double-radio source phenomenon appears to be
A) two active galaxies in orbit around a common center, like a binary star system.
B) two oppositely directed jets of energetic particles from an active galactic object colliding with other intergalactic material.
C) a radio-bright galaxy crossed by a dark, absorbing, edge-on disk, splitting the radio emissions into two as seen from Earth.
D) gravitational lensing of a distant radio source by a nearby galaxy or black hole.
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