Why can't we see the center of our galaxy with our eyes?
A) We are in the center of the Milky Way.
B) There are no stars in the center of the Milky Way, just a supermassive black hole.
C) Interstellar dust and gas absorbs and scatters visible light before it can reach us from the center.
D) The center of the Milky Way does not emit enough visible light.
E) Stars are too densely spaced in the plane of our galaxy to see all the way to the center.
C) Interstellar dust and gas absorbs and scatters visible light before it can reach us from the center.
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