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Outflows from a black hole


Date: 24 July 2019
Satellite: XMM-Newton
Copyright: ESA/ATG medialab

Artist's impression showing how ultrafast winds blowing from a supermassive black hole interact with interstellar matter in the host galaxy, clearing its central regions from gas.

Last Update: 1 September 2019
21-Apr-2026 22:50 UT

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