# Hot plasma may explain how rapidly feeding black holes launch powerful jets

- Source: Phys.org
- Published: 2026-10-20T16:40:01+00:00
- Category: Science
- Original: https://phys.org/news/2026-10-hot-plasma-rapidly-black-holes.html
- Canonical: https://groundlevelnews.com/story/hot-plasma-may-explain-how-rapidly-feeding-black-holes-launch-powerful-60a696/

Some supermassive black holes rapidly consume surrounding matter while simultaneously firing powerful streams of plasma into space at nearly the speed of light. However, this creates a physical puzzle: rapid feeding is expected to form a cold, flat accretion disk around the black hole, which prevents powerful jets from forming.

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