Astronomy current events question: most distant supernova DES16C2nm

Astronomy 210L, spring semester 2018
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!)

Ali Sundermier, "Astronomers Reveal Secrets of Most Distant Supernova Ever Detected" (February 21, 2018)
southampton.ac.uk/news/2018/02/oldest-supernova-discovered.page

The most distant and oldest supernova, DES16C2nm, was discovered while mapping several hundred million galaxies for __________ research: (A) dark energy. (B) gravitational waves. (C) matter and antimatter. (D) gamma ray bursts. (E) degenerate matter.

Correct answer: (A)

Student responses
Sections 30679, 30680
(A) : 25 students
(B) : 4 students
(C) : 4 students
(D) : 6 students
(E) : 1 student