Black holes grow by accreting mass, but the process is messy and redistributes gas and energy into their environments. New evidence shows that magnetic processes mediate both the accretion and ejection of matter.
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Miller, J. Accretion physics: It's not U, it's B. Nat Astron 1, 0070 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41550-017-0070
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