Artist’s impression of the flaring, windy black hole in galaxy NGC 3783 (IMAGE)

European Space Agency

Artist’s impression of the flaring, windy black hole in galaxy NGC 3783

Caption

An international team of researchers used the European Space Agency's XMM-Newton and XRISM, a JAXA-led mission with ESA participation, to uncover and study a never-seen-before blast from a supermassive black hole. The gravitational monster whipped up powerful winds, flinging material out into space at eye-watering speeds of 60 000 km per second.

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European Space Agency (ESA)

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