NASA's Fermi Spots 'Fizzled' Burst from Collapsing Star
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Physics, Science
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5th - 12th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the traditional belief about the origin of short gamma-ray bursts?
They are caused by solar flares.
They come from merging neutron stars.
They originate from supernova explosions.
They are produced by black holes.
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
On what date did Fermi detect a gamma-ray burst lasting about one second?
August 26, 2020
July 15, 2021
September 10, 2019
October 5, 2022
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which facility helped identify the visible light afterglow of the gamma-ray burst?
Zwicky Transient Facility
Keck Observatory
Hubble Space Telescope
Chandra X-ray Observatory
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What do astronomers believe about some short gamma-ray bursts?
They are only visible in the Andromeda constellation.
They never originate from black holes.
They are always from neutron star collisions.
They might be misclassified as mergers.
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the fate of most collapsing massive stars according to the discovery?
They always result in a supernova.
They fail to produce long-lived jets.
They create multiple gamma-ray bursts.
They become neutron stars.
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