Ultra-Fast Outflows Help Monster Black Holes Shape Their Galaxies

A new type of outflow that appears to be powerful enough to link the mass of a galaxies central black hole and the velocity of stars was identified by NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center's Francesco Tombesi. The link between these two entities has puzzled astronomers and scientists for years.
Most Galaxies house an incredibly massive black hole at their center, but galaxies that contain black holes with even more mass also contain large "bulges" that contain stars that move faster than average stars. Before now, there was no plausible explanation for this behavior.

The only explanation we have now is still only 40% accurate. Tombesi, and his team predict that a new type of black-hole driven outflow is powering the speed at which the surrounding stars can move. The outflows are called ultra-fast outflows, and though they're not sure how exactly the two correspond, we're one step closer to unmasking yet another great mystery of the universe.

I thought this article was particularly interesting simply because the universe is home to so many mysteries, and regardless of what the specific mystery may be, it's amazing to think that mankind is making astronomical discoveries at all to me. The idea of celestial discovery amazes me, it seems so far away, but every day we spend studying the cosmos, we get closer and closer to that final frontier.