How does the prevailing model for activity explain the hot ejected gas seen in active galaxies?
A) It is shot out of a black hole.
B) It is material trapped between two orbiting black holes being gravitationally scattered.
C) It is gas evaporating from an accretion disk around a massive black hole.
D) It is energy released as matter is funneled into a black hole.
E) It is a rip in space-time from which Hawking radiation is released.

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The prevailing model suggests that the hot ejected gas in active galaxies is due to gas evaporating from an accretion disk around a massive black hole. The intense gravitational forces and friction in the accretion disk heat the gas, causing it to emit radiation and sometimes be ejected at high speeds.

How Does the Prevailing Model for Activity Explain the Hot