Recently, astronomers have detected powerful winds in a quasar located several billion light-years from Earth.
4 Reviews ← exclude selected types ← exclude selected tagsIn the universe, many objects remain mysterious and poorly understood by astronomers, such as black holes.
But recently, astronomers have discovered a black hole with winds reaching up to 30% of the speed of light, or about 201.2 million miles per hour.
These winds were detected in a quasar, which is a bright core of a galaxy fed by a supermassive black hole.
However, while its mass is already remarkable, the speed of its winds is also impressive, as Lucas Seaton explains:
Recently, astronomers have detected powerful winds in a quasar located several billion light-years from Earth. And this is an important discovery that could help researchers to better understand black holes.
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In the universe, many objects remain mysterious and poorly understood by astronomers, such as black holes. But recently, astronomers have discovered a black hole with winds reaching up to 30% of the speed of light, or about 201.2 million miles per hour.
These winds were detected in a quasar, which is a bright core of a galaxy fed by a supermassive black hole. Thus, this quasar, named J2318, is located about 3 billion light-years from Earth, and according to astronomers, its mass is estimated to be about 1.7 billion times that of the Sun.
However, while its mass is already remarkable, the speed of its winds is also impressive, as Lucas Seaton explains:
