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NASA’s James Webb catches a supermassive black hole feeding

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July 19, 2026 • 51 views
Original source: Science Daily
NASA’s James Webb catches a supermassive black hole feeding

JWST has captured unusually detailed images of gas feeding the supermassive black hole at the center of NGC 4696. A vast filament appears to funnel material into an 800-light-year-wide spinning disk, where gas races around at up to 600 kilometers per second. …

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