By Stephen Beech

A flaring black hole whips up ultra-fast winds of more than 37,000 miles per SECOND, reveals new research.

X-ray space telescopes spotted a never-seen-before blast from a supermassive black hole .

The gravitational "monster" whipped up powerful winds in just hours, flinging material out into space at breath-taking speeds of 60,000 kilometers per second (37,282 miles per second).

The gigantic black hole lurks within NGC 3783, a spiral galaxy imaged recently by the Hubble Space Telescope .

Astronomers spotted a bright X-ray flare erupt from the black hole before swiftly fading away.

But, as it faded, fast winds emerged, raging at one-fifth of the speed of light, according to a study published in the journal Astronomy and Astrophysics .

Lead researcher Dr. Li

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