Cosmic Origins
14 January 2026
A team led by Dr. Enrique Lopez-Rodriguez from University of South Carolina, a former member of the Cosmic Origins Program Analysis Group (COPAG) Executive Committee, has used NASA’s Webb telescope to apply the Aperture-Mask Interferometry technique to get high contrast, high resolution images of the outflow and accretion components in the vicinity of the supermassive black hole at the center of Circinus galaxy. The largest source of infrared light from the region closest to the black hole itself was thought to be outflows, or streams of superheated matter that fire outward. The new observations provide evidence that reverses this thinking, suggesting that most of the hot, dusty material is feeding the central black hole.
Read more at the link here: https://science.nasa.gov/missions/webb/nasas-webb-delivers-unprecedented-look-into-heart-of-circinus-galaxy/
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