JWST captures sharp image of Circinus black hole’s feeding disk
TL;DR
The James Webb Space Telescope’s interferometric imaging provides the sharpest view yet of Circinus galaxy’s center, revealing that the infrared glow around its supermassive black hole mainly originates from the dusty accretion disk feeding the hole rather than outflows, a finding that sheds light on how such black holes grow and influence their host galaxies.
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- James Webb telescope reveals sharpest-ever look at the edge of a black hole — and it could solve a major galactic mystery Live Science
- NASA’s Webb Delivers Unprecedented Look Into Heart of Circinus Galaxy NASA Science (.gov)
- This is the sharpest view ever seen of a black hole's dusty disk Space
- JWST interferometric imaging reveals the dusty torus obscuring the supermassive black hole of Circinus galaxy Nature
- NASA's James Webb Space Telescope uncovers black hole secret USA Today
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