Buzzed By a Weird Blue Asteroid

Asteroid 3200 Phaethon got closer than it will be until 2093, and the reflecting light has astronomers puzzled, and the relationship between black holes and magnetic fields is now a little more clear. Correction: The writer for this episode was actually JD Voyek. Hosted by: Hank Green For special, curated artifacts of this universe, check out https://scishowfinds.com/ ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Dooblydoo thanks go to the following Patreon supporters: rokoko, Alex Hackman, Andrew Finley Brenan, Lazarus G, Sam Lutfi, D.A. Noe, الخليفي سلطان, Piya Shedden, KatieMarie Magnone, Scott Satovsky Jr, Charles Southerland, Patrick D. Ashmore, charles george, Kevin Bealer, Chris Peters ---------- Like SciShow? Want to help support us, and also get things to put on your walls, cover your torso and hold your liquids? Check out our awesome products over at DFTBA Records: http://dftba.com/scishow ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: https://www.eurekalert.org/emb_releases/2018-10/fefu-fas102318.php https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Evgenij_Zubko/publication/328231756_Significant_spatial_heterogeniety_of_regolith_on_asteroid_3200_Phaethon/links/5bc02316458515a7a9e2a49b/Significant-spatial-heterogeniety-of-regolith-on-asteroid-3200-Phaethon.pdf?origin=publication_detail http://www.astronomy.com/news/2018/10/explore-phaethon-the-weird-blue-rock-that-turns-metal-into-goo https://www.space.com/42236-weird-blue-asteroid-phaethon.html http://www.astronomy.com/news/2018/10/magnetic-field-feeds-a-supermassive-black-hole https://www.nasa.gov/feature/magnetic-fields-may-be-the-key-to-black-hole-activity http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2041-8213/aacff5/pdf Images: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:PIA22185.gif https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:3200_Phaethon_orbit_dec_2017.png https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1710a/ https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1835a/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:3c405.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:SOFIA_ED10-0182-01_full.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:SOFIA_with_open_telescope_doors.jpg http://www.thinkstockphotos.com/image/stock-photo-an-asteroid-or-a-meteorite-flies-in-space/1029112332