|marking brainliest | which characteristics can be used to differentiate star systems? | check all that apply |

| the number of stars in the system |
| the general shape of the star system |
| the age of the stars in the system |
| the way stars are organized in the system |
| the color of stars in the system |

Some gamma ray bursts are hypothesized to come from mergers of neutron stars or black holes. if this hypothesis is correct, what else should we in principle be able to detect from such mergers? a. gravitiational waves b. x-ray bursts c. significant disruption of gas thousands of light-years away in the surrounding galaxy d. an "afterglow" of bright visible light, lasting for weeks