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A Strangely Cool Supermassive Black Hole!

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In this week s news we discover that Tatooine has got nothing on HD 131399Ab s wide orbit, and there s a some really cool jets coming out of a supermassive black hole. Hosted by: Hank Green ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Dooblydoo thanks go to the following Patreon supporters -- we couldn t make SciShow without them! Shout out to Kathy & Tim Philip, Kevin Bealer, Andreas Heydeck, Thomas J., Accalia Elementia, Will and Sonja Marple. James Harshaw, Justin Lentz, Chris Peters, Bader AlGhamdi, Benny, Tim Curwick, Philippe von Bergen, Patrick Merrithew, Fatima Iqbal, Mark Terrio-Cameron, Patrick D. Ashmore, and charles george. ---------- 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: http://www.skyandtelescope.com/astronomy-news/exoplanet-found-in-triple-star-system-0707201623/ https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso1624/ http://science.sciencemag.org/content/early/2016/07/06/science.aaf9671 http://phys.org/news/2016-07-alma-swirling-cool-jet-reveals.html http://www.space.com/33365-black-hole-jet-is-super-cool.html http://www.space.com/26765-supermassive-black-holes-rapid-growth.html http://www.astro.yale.edu/coppi/pubs/bhgrowth4.pdf http://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/abs/2016/06/aa27664-15/aa27664-15.html Image Sources: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eso1624d.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Centaurus_IAU.svg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Artist%E2%80%99s_impression_of_planet_in_the_HD_131399_system.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aerial_View_of_the_VLTI_with_Tunnels_Superimposed.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Artist%E2%80%99s_impression_of_planet_orbiting_in_the_HD_131399_system.webm https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ALMA_Antennas_on_Chajnantor.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Supermassiveblackhole_nasajpl.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Artist%E2%80%99s_illustration_of_galaxy_with_jets_from_a_supermassive_black_hole.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gyroscope_precession.gif

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