The researchers mapped out winds made up of gaseous carbon by looking at where the light that should have been emitted from the quasar was missing. This light was being absorbed by the gas.

That link suggested a connection between quasar wind speeds and the temperature of X-ray-emitting gas located closest to the central black hole associated with that particular quasar. Quasars with ...

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