‘Very messy eaters’: scientists solve the mystery of when black holes ‘burp’

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The astronomical bodies fire off powerful jets in two distinct phases in their feeding cycle, researchers discoverScientists have solved the mystery of when black holes “burp” – when the astronomical bodies launch jets after feeding on stars, blasting material enormous distances in space.Black holes are objects so densely compact that beyond a certain point their gravity is too strong for light and matter to escape. This boundary of no return is known as the event horizon – the point at which escaping would require something to travel faster than the speed of light. Continue reading...