Which of the following is evidence for supermassive black holes in active galaxies?
A) the discovery of powerful jets coming from a compact core
B) rapid changes in the luminosity of the galaxy nucleus
C) quasars emit approximately equal power at all wavelengths from infrared to gamma rays
D) the very high speeds of gas orbiting around the galactic nucleus
E) all of the above
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