Structured ionized winds shooting out from a quasar at relativistic speeds

Nature, Published online: 14 May 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-08968-2Observations of a luminous quasar from the high-resolution spectrometer Resolve aboard XRISM revealed highly inhomogeneous wind structure outflowing from a supermassive black hole, which probably consists of up to a million clumps.

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Structured ionized winds shooting out from a quasar at relativistic speeds

Nature, Published online: 14 May 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-08968-2Observations of a luminous quasar from the high-resolution spectrometer Resolve aboard XRISM revealed highly inhomogeneous wind structure outflowing from a supermassive black hole, which probably consists of up to a million clumps.