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New images from the James Webb Space Telescope provide the clearest view ever seen of gaseous filaments connecting a galaxy’s hot atmosphere to the rotating disk of gas that feeds its central supermassive black hole.

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New images from the James Webb Space Telescope provide the clearest view ever seen of gaseous filaments connecting a galaxy’s hot atmosphere to the rotating disk of gas that feeds its central supermassive black hole.
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Tue, 14 Jul 2026 17:37:30 GMT · 3h 30m ago
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Why
To solve the mystery of how supermassive black holes feed themselves.
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Astronomers have gained unprecedented clarity on the feeding mechanisms of supermassive black holes. This advancement in understanding could have implications for galaxy evolution models.

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