Uponcloserexaminationoftheirdata, Thescientistsdiscoveredthat a lotofthelightaroundtheblackholeispolarized, meaningthephotonsarevibratinginthesameplane, lightcanbecomepolarizedinseveralways, likewhenit's passedthrough a filter.
Scientistshaveuseddifferentmodelstoexplainhowthegasaroundtheblackholebehaves, andthenewdatasuggeststhemodelswith a strongermagneticfieldaremorelikelyaccurate.
Infact, becauseofthiswork, scientistswereabletoestimatejusthowfasttheblackholeiseating, eventhoughithas a massof 6.5 billionsuns, it's onlyabsorbing 1/1000 of a solarmassfor a year.