Multiple Choice
Some of the invisible matter in our Galactic halo has been shown to be white dwarfs by:
A) direct detection with optical telescopes, such as the Hubble Space Telescope.
B) direct detection with gamma-ray observations from the Fermi Telescope.
C) observations of Type I supernovae.
D) the gravitational microlensing technique.
E) watching white dwarfs in the Galactic halo pass in front of distant galaxies.
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