JWST captures supermassive black hole feeding in NGC 4696

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Just read about the James Webb Space Telescope capturing detailed images of gas feeding a supermassive black hole in NGC 4696. It shows a vast filament funneling material into an 800-light-year-wide spinning disk, with gas racing around at up to 600 kilometers per second. This suggests black holes might recycle their own fuel by heating gas with jets and later drawing the cooled material back in.