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Credits:
Quasar Cannons & Black Hole Tech
Episode 434; February 15, 2024
Produced, Written & Narrated by: Isaac Arthur

Graphics:
Bryan Versteeg
Fishy Tree
Jakub Grygier
Jeremy Jozwik
Ken York
Luca De Rosa
Sergio Botero
SpaceResourcesCGI

Music Courtesy of:
Epidemic Sound http://epidemicsound.com/creator
Stellardrone, "Red Giant", "Ultra Deep Field"
Sergey Cheremisinov, "Labyrinth", "Forgotten Stars"
Taras Harkavyi, "Alpha and ..."
Miguel Johnson, "So Many Stars"
Lombus, "Cosmic Soup", "Hydrogen Sonata"

0:00 Intro
06:18 Accretion Disk Utilization
08:00 Magnetic Field Exploitation
08:44 Penrose Process
10:19 BlandfordZnajek Process
12:06 Hawking Radiation