Right at the brink of a black hole, gravity twists space and time so violently that ordinary physics starts to fall apart. For decades, astronomers could only guess how gas, magnetic fields, and ...

Black hole accretion processes remain at the forefront of astrophysical research, offering critical insights into how matter is captured by these extreme objects. Accretion occurs when gas, dust, and ...

Astronomers have viewed the outer region of an active supermassive black hole's accretion disk, thereby improving our understanding of these feeding cosmic monsters. When you purchase through links on ...