Black Hole Winds Might Regulate Size of Galaxy

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Supermassive black holes still hold a great deal of mystery. While they are commonly regarded as giant entities that gobble up all matter that comes too close, it has also been presumed that they kick out a considerable amount of x-ray wind, as well. The presence of this wind has been confirmed for the first time, and astronomers have even been able to decipher the shape of the wind. This discovery was made by the respective groups working for NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR) and and ESA’s XMM-Newton telescope.