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)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:
mpg.de/10740616/twin-jets
(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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