Astrophysicists detect superfast winds near super massive black hole

Toronto: Astrophysicists from York University have revealed the fastest winds ever seen at ultraviolet wavelengths near a super massive black hole. Astronomers have known about the existence of quasar winds since the late 1960s.

Quasars are the discs of hot gas that form around super massive black holes at the centre of massive galaxies - they are bigger than Earth’s orbit around the sun and hotter than the surface of the sun, generating enough light to be seen across the observable universe.