Why has star formation ceased in the galactic halo?

A) The halo has no gas at all.
B) There are no white dwarf binaries to trigger star formation via their supernovae.
C) All the halo gas consists of elements with more protons than helium.
D) All of the galaxy's cool gas settled to the galactic plane long ago.


D

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