At the centers of galaxies, where gravity bends the fabric of spacetime into silence, black holes have long been observed releasing sudden, violent bursts of energy — cosmic belches that puzzled astronomers for decades. Researchers have now traced these emissions to the chaotic, inefficient way black holes consume surrounding matter, revealing that disorder itself is the engine of these outbursts. The discovery is not merely a curiosity; it deepens our understanding of how the universe's most extreme objects quietly shape the galaxies — and the cosmos — around them.