Rare glimpse of a black hole`s magnetic field could help us to understand how it feeds
(PHYSorg.com Space & Earth)

Encountering a black hole would be a frightening prospect for our planet. We know that these cosmic monsters ferociously devour any object that strays too close to their `event horizon` - the last chance of escape. But even though black holes drive some of the most energetic phenomena in the universe, the physics of their behaviour, including how they feed, remains hotly debated.