Astronomers have captured super-strong winds after the sudden explosion of a black hole

Two modern X-ray telescopes have captured an unprecedented explosion of a supermassive black hole located about 130 million light-years from Earth. It created powerful winds, blasting material into space at a speed of 37,282 miles per second. This was reported on December 9 by Popular Science magazine.

The black hole is located in the spiral galaxy NGC 3783. Initially, astronomers noticed a bright burst of X-ray radiation coming from it. Subsequently, he quickly disappeared. After his disappearance, fast winds began to appear, moving at about a fifth of the speed of light.

"We have never seen a black hole create winds at such a speed before. For the first time, we have seen how a rapid burst of X—ray radiation from a black hole instantly triggers ultrafast winds that form in just one day," said Liyi Gu, lead researcher at the Netherlands Space Research Organization (SRON).

To observe NGC 3783 and its black hole, the team used two X-ray telescopes: the XMM-Newton of the European Space Agency (ESA) and the XRISM mission of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). The instruments simultaneously tracked the X-ray burst and wind speeds, helping to measure their structure and speed.

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This black hole is about 30 million times the size of the Sun. It absorbs material from neighboring objects, creating a bright and active region in the center of NGC 3783. This region, called the active galactic core, emits various types of light into space, as well as powerful currents and winds.

ESA XRISM project scientist Matteo Guainazzi clarified that the active galactic core is a key object for XMM-Newton and XRISM. According to him, the winds around this black hole could have been created when the tangled magnetic field of the nuclei suddenly "developed," which is similar to solar flares, but on a scale that is almost impossible to imagine.

According to the publication, the wind of a black hole resembles large solar mass ejections that occur when the Sun ejects streams of superheated material into space. This discovery shows that supermassive black holes can act like the Sun, making these mysterious objects more familiar to astronomers.

"Windy active galactic nuclei also play an important role in the evolution of their parent galaxies and in the formation of new stars. Because they are so influential, studying the magnetism of active galactic nuclei and how they create such winds is key to understanding the history of galaxies in the universe," said team member and ESA researcher Camille Diez.

On November 19, the journal Nature reported the discovery of a rapidly growing supermassive black hole. It is located in the galaxy CANUCS-LRD-z8.6 and differs from ordinary galaxies in its ability to absorb matter from the surrounding space.

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