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How do black holes get giant jets? Neil deGrasse Tyson breaks down the anatomy of black holes and how the newly discovered black hole, Porphyrion, got the largest x-ray jets in the universe. Learn about accretion disks, x-ray satellites, and the first black hole ever found.
Timestamps:
00:00 – Introduction: Black Hole Jets
00:23 – The Anatomy of a Black Hole
02:23 – How You Get Jets
03:37 – Porphyrion
05:31 – Detecting the First Black Holes
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