Black Holes Launch Powerful Cosmic Winds

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I knew it, I knew it. I knew the universe sometimes breaks wind. I've smelt it.

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Black Holes Launch Powerful Cosmic Winds

Charles Q. Choi
Special to SPACE.com
SPACE.comMon Nov 5, 6:30 AM ET

Black holes often are thought of as just endless pits in space and time that destroy everything they pull toward them.

But new findings confirm the reverse is true, too: Black holes can drive extraordinarily powerful winds that push out and force star formation and shape the fate of a galaxy.

Supermassive black holes are suspected to lurk in the hearts of many—if not all—large galaxies. These holes drag gas inward, which accrues in rapidly spinning, glowing disks.

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1. There are two Black Holes in the White House, VP Cheney and Shrub*

...and they have produced a lot of wind for the past six and a half years