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Question 1: What is thought to have made the arms of the Whirlpool Galaxy particularly prominent?
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B
A brush with its small companion galaxy, NGC 5195
Expansion of the black hole at the centre of the galaxy
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A succession of supernovas at the end of each arm
D
Collapse of the bar between the two arms