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Where is the wind?

The winds from growing supermassive black holes appear to be located tens of parsecs from the centres of their host galaxies. This location fits with the idea that these outflows influence the progression of star formation.

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Fig. 1: The galaxy Markarian 231.

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Gallagher, S.C. Where is the wind?. Nat Astron 3, 202–203 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41550-019-0702-6

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