Even Black Holes Can Get Indigestion. Unsurprisingly, Their Farts Are ‘Massive’ Expulsions of Gas

A high-resolution video of a black hole feeding reveals that black holes are far more complex than we typically imagine — they actively expel gas as they consume material. io9 is reporting that the imagery shows black holes are interactive systems, with massive gas expulsions suggesting they operate more like complex digestive systems than simple one-way cosmic traps.

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