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Black holes are parts of spacetime displaying such powerful gravitational pull that nothing – even light – can escape. Black holes were thought to take on the shape of a donut. But

scientists  now need to re-write the astronomical rulebooks after proving black holes actually resemble 3D fountains. It has until now been assumed that gas surrounding black holes was

donut-shaped. But scientists now believe the reality about black holes is far more complex, after studying one 14 million light-years away. Gas surrounding black holes spews from them in a

3D fountain, new research has revealed. Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimetre Array (ALMA) simulations now suggest the donut is really a more bizarre structure compromised of three

constantly circulating gases. READ MORE: WAS EINSTEIN WRONG? SCIENTISTS PROBE SUPERMASSIVE BLACK HOLE TO DISPROVE THEORY OF GRAVITY Researchers were observing a supermassive black hole at

the centre of the Ciricinus galaxy. Data from this was compared this with a simulation of gas into a black hole, using the Cray XC30 ATERUI supercomputer. Their conclusions challenge the

belief that matter falling into a black hole builds up around it to form a donut structure. The results now suggest it is more of a three-step process. READ MORE: NASA ASTEROID WARNING:

GIANT 90 FOOT SPACE ROCK HEADING TO EARTH TODAY First, the cold gas forms a disk near the plane of rotation, heating up until the molecules break down. Some of these molecules are expelled

above and below the disk, then create a fountain-like structure. “Previous theoretical models set a prior assumptions of rigid donuts,” said Keiichi Wada, a Kagoshima University

theoretician. “Rather than starting from assumptions, our simulation started from the physical equations and showed for the first time that the gas circulation naturally forms a donut. READ

MORE: HUNT FOR ALIENS ‘ONLY JUST BEGINNING’ SAYS TOP SCIENTIST “Our simulation can also explain various observational features of the system.” These findings have upended what we thought

knew. Keiichi Wada added: “By investigating the motion and distribution of both the cold molecular gas and warm atomic gas with ALMA, we demonstrated the origin of the so-called ‘donut’

structure around active black holes. “Based on this discovery, we need to rewrite the astronomy textbooks.” READ MORE: MARS DEEP DRILL: NASA PLAN TO DIG 10KM HOLE IN ALIEN LIFE SEARCH -

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