Astronomers Capture Sudden Black Hole Blast Firing Ultra Fast Winds

Scientists Watch Black Hole Create Near Light Speed Winds in Hours

A brief X-ray flare from a supermassive black hole generated ultra fast winds in less than a day. The discovery links black hole activity with solar-style magnetic eruptions and sheds light on galactic evolution. An international group of scientists used the European Space Agency’s XMM-Newton and XRISM, a JAXA-led mission with ESA participation, to detect [...]

Astronomers capture sudden black hole blast firing ultra fast winds

A sudden X-ray flare from a supermassive black hole in galaxy NGC 3783 triggered ultra-fast winds racing outward at a fifth the speed of light—an event never witnessed before. Using XMM-Newton and XRISM, astronomers caught the blast unfold in real time, revealing how tangled magnetic fields can rapidly “untwist” and hurl matter into space much like an enormous, cosmic-scale version of the Sun’s coronal mass ejections.

Major scientific breakthrough as black hole producing 'UFO' captured for first time

Galaxy NGC 3783 produced a 'UFO' or 'ultrafast outflow' in an event that was spotted by the European Space Agency's XMM-Newton and JAXA's XRISM satellite.

Black Hole 'UFO' Caught at Critical Moment in Scientific First

For the first time, astronomers have caught the moment when a supermassive black hole flare triggers a mighty wind blasting out into space at relativistic speeds.

Supermassive black hole belches 30,000 mile per hour winds

Two X-ray space telescopes captured the never-before-seen blast 130 million light-years away.