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A new study examines whether the Penrose process—a mechanism that extracts energy directly from a rotating black hole—might leave an observable signature. Researchers note that while most energy from supermassive black holes comes from superheated plasma in accretion disks interacting with strong magnetic fields, the Penrose process offers a more direct route. The investigation focuses on detecting such signatures in the Milky Way’s central black hole, potentially revealing how these cosmic “mitochondria” convert rotational energy into detectable particles.

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