Supermassive Black Hole Has More Material Than it Can Consume

Supermassive Black Hole Has More Material Than it Can Consume
By Evan Gough (https://ift.tt/uw5gFpC)

Black holes can accumulate planets and stars' worth of material, but even they have their limits. Astronomers have discovered a supermassive black hole which has reached that limit. Excess material is now being ejected from the vicinity around the black hole at nearly a third the speed of light. Astronomers found that about 10 Earth masses of material were added to the black hole's vicinity in 5 weeks, creating a ring of matter and feeding the outflow jets.

June 19, 2025 at 01:18AM
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