Supermassive black hole in NGC 3783 expels winds at nearly light speed

Astronomers observed a supermassive black hole expelling winds at over 130 million miles per hour, a speed approaching one-fifth of light. This phenomenon occurred in the active galactic nucleus of galaxy NGC 3783, 135 million light-years away, following an intense X-ray flare. The winds are composed of charged particles moving at approximately 37,000 miles per second. The black hole, 30 million times the sun's mass, likely generated these powerful winds through its magnetic field, a process comparable to solar ejections but on a vastly larger scale.