Supermassive black holes are very messy eaters
In the quest to understand the universe, one of the most elusive subjects has been the formation and growth of supermassive black holes.
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In the quest to understand the universe, one of the most elusive subjects has been the formation and growth of supermassive black holes.
If you’re ever unfortunate enough to meet a black hole, there's a small chance you can survive the encounter – because they’re messy eaters.
Researchers determine the efficiency of black hole "feeding" to be about three percent
<p style="text-align:justify">New observations down to light-year scale of the gas flows around a supermassive black hole have successfully detected dense gas inflows and shown that only a small portion (about 3 percent) of the gas flowing towards the black hole is eaten by the black hole. The remainder is ejected and recycled back into the host galaxy.</p>