Black Hole Feeding Cycle Unveiled | Lexington News

Lexington News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · Jul 15, 2026 · 1m

Scientists using the James Webb Space Telescope have uncovered the clearest evidence yet of a black hole feeding itself — a cosmic cycle where gas cools, flows in, and gets blasted back out by powerful jets. This solves a long-standing mystery: how black holes keep getting fuel despite blasting out so much energy. Professor Gary Ferland’s 45-year-old software, Cloudy, helped decode the data, revealing how gas streams sustain the black hole. Now, Ferland’s team is diving deeper, analyzing elemental signatures to unlock the exact mechanics of this self-regulating system — a major leap in…