James Webb Telescope Maps Supermassive Black Hole Growth

The James Webb Space Telescope has helped scientists understand how supermassive black holes at the centers of galaxies grow.

These black holes can be millions or billions of times more massive than the Sun.

Some black holes are quiet, while others actively feed on gas and dust, creating bright regions.

The telescope observed a nearby galaxy and found a swirling disk of gas around a black hole, connected to a large filament of material.

This suggests that black holes might follow a cycle of feeding and fasting, where they push away gas and later receive more material.

This process helps them grow quickly.

The observations were compared to computer simulations to confirm the findings.