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Cherenkov's discovery contributes to the study of what celestial phenomena?
Black holes
Galaxies
Supernovae
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Supernovae are the celestial phenomena Cherenkov's discovery contributes to the study of. His discovery of Cherenkov radiation, a type of electromagnetic radiation produced when charged particles move through a medium at a speed faster than the speed of light in that medium, has been used to study supernovae and other high-energy astrophysical phenomena.
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