Multiple Choice
Cosmic rays in the Milky Way are important because:
A) these energetic photons easily penetrate the Earth's atmosphere
B) they can be collected and used to generate electricity
C) they have about the same energy as that contained in magnetic fields and in the kinetic energy of gas clouds
D) they carry information about AGN in external galaxies
E) they can influence the motion of stars in the halo
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Q81: You find a star orbiting about the
Q82: The oldest disk stars are both _
Q83: If we found a star cluster
Q84: Imagine you discovered a barred spiral galaxy
Q86: Globular clusters have much higher stellar densities
Q87: Cosmic rays come mostly from extragalactic sources
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Q89: Stars in the Milky Way that are
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