This photo shows gas associated with a protostar. What is this gas doing?

A) It is flowing outward in two opposite directions from the protostar.
B) It is gas that is gradually accreting onto the protostar.
C) It is part of a protostellar disk in which planets may someday form.
D) It is gas blown off the protostar's surface as a protostellar wind.


A) It is flowing outward in two opposite directions from the protostar.

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Heavier stable nuclei tend to have

A) half as many protons as neutrons. B) the same number of neutrons and protons. C) more neutrons than protons. D) no clear trend in the relative number of neutrons and protons. E) more protons than neutrons.

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