Scientists now have proof that black holes can lose energy instead of gobbling it up

- Scientists have obtained the first ever proof that black holes can lose energy. - They've long believed that magnetic fields could suck energy out of black holes but didn't have proof — until now. - The M87 supermassive black hole is emitting energy like "million-light-year-long Jedi lightsabers," the co-author of a new study said. Scientists have long believed that black holes, which generally swallow up everything around them, can also lose energy. But they didn't have proof — until …