What observational evidence supports the galactic fountain model, which describes how gas cycles between the disk of the galaxy and regions high above the disk?
A) We see hot gas high above the region of the disk near our solar system, along with cool gas that appears to be raining down from the halo.
B) We have discovered a jet of ionized gas shooting out of the bulge of our galaxy.
C) We have discovered that the entire galactic disk is being uniformly "rained on" by cool gas coming from the halo.
D) We have observed a lot of water molecules in the interstellar medium.
A) We see hot gas high above the region of the disk near our solar system, along with cool gas that appears to be raining down from the halo.
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A) baryonic matter, made up of protons and neutrons. B) tachyonic matter, travelling only faster than the speed of light. C) dark matter not made of protons and neutrons. D) dark energy. E) tiny but very numerous black holes.