Astronomy current events question: faint supernova iPTF14gqr

Astronomy 210L, fall 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!)

Lori Dajose, "Dying Star Emits a Whisper" (October 11, 2018)
caltech.edu/news/dying-star-emits-whisper-84057

Observations of the faint supernova iPTF14gqr may be evidence of how __________ form.
(A) wormholes.
(B) Einstein rings.
(C) future meganovas.
(D) matter and antimatter.
(E) binary neutron star systems.

Correct answer: (E)

Student responses
Sections 70178, 70186
(A) : 3 students
(B) : 1 student
(C) : 3 students
(D) : 1 student
(E) : 11 students