Astronomers Crack The Mystery of Black Hole Survival | WION

[00:00:00]And uh before we wrap this edition of a broadcast, the deepest darkest enigmas of our universe are finally stepping into the light. The James Web Space Telescope has captured a groundbreaking cosmic breakthrough. Getting you those details in this next report.

[00:00:26]Imagine a place where gravity becomes so powerful [music] that the laws of everyday physics begin to break down. A place where planets [music] and even stars can be torn apart. Where entire clouds of gas disappear forever.

[00:00:47]Where even [music] light cannot escape.

[00:00:49]That is a black hole.

[00:00:57]Black holes are among the most mysterious objects in the universe. They are invisible because they emit no light. Scientists detect them only through their enormous [music] gravitational pull and the effect they have on the matter around them. The largest of them all are super massive black holes. These cosmic monsters sit at [music] the center of almost every large galaxy, including our own Milky Way. Some contain millions, even billions of times the mass of our sun.

[00:01:29]For decades, astronomers have struggled with one fundamental question.

[00:01:35]How do these giants [music] continue growing when they often blast away the very gas they need to survive? The answer has remained one of astronomy's greatest mysteries until now.

[00:01:53]Using the James Webb Space Telescope, scientists have discovered that the violent winds produced around a feeding black hole do not simply push material away [music] into space. Instead, much of that gas cools down, slows down, and falls back towards the black hole. It is a remarkable cosmic recycling system.

[00:02:15]Rather than starving themselves, super massive black holes are effectively recycling part of their own fuel supply.

[00:02:22]The discovery explains [music] how these objects can remain active for millions of years, steadily consuming gas while continuing to shape the evolution of entire galaxies.

[00:02:37]It also changes the way scientists understand the relationship between black holes and the galaxies surrounding them. Far from being simple [music] cosmic destroyers, black holes may also regulate how galaxies grow by controlling the movement of gas, the raw material needed to create new stars.

[00:02:59]Bureau report on world is one.

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