20161007

Astronomy current events question: NGC 1052 twin jets

Astronomy 210L, fall semester 2016
Cuesta College, San Luis Obispo, CA

Students are assigned to read online articles on current astronomy events, and take a short current events quiz during the first 10 minutes of lab. (This motivates students to show up promptly to lab, as the time cut-off for the quiz is strictly enforced!)
Norbert Junkers, Anne-Kathrin Baczko, and Eduardo Ros, "Twin Jets Pinpoint the Heart of an Active Galaxy" (September 20, 2016)
mpg.de/10740616/twin-jets
Observations of twin jets of particles emitted from galaxy NGC 1052 by the Global millimeter VLBI (Very Long Baseline Interferometry) Array pinpoint the location(s) of:
(A) matter and antimatter pockets.
(B) a central supermassive black hole.
(C) its dark matter halo.
(D) unstable brown dwarfs.
(E) type II supernova explosions.

Correct answer: (B)

Student responses
Sections 70178, 70186
(A) : 2 students
(B) : 25 students
(C) : 1 student
(D) : 3 students
(E) : 0 students

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