Supermassive black holes at the centre of large galaxies could be powering blasts from deep inside the galaxy 's core , astronomers have claimed . The huge outpourings of material are responsible for ejecting enough dust and gas to build more than a thousand stars the size of our sun every year . And these outflows could also remove huge quantities of star-making gas , dictating the size , shape and overall fate of galaxies . Scroll down for video . Astronomers studying the supermassive black hole at the centre of the galaxy IRAS F11119+3257 have found proof that the winds blown by the black hole are sweeping away the host galaxy 's reservoir of raw material to form stars . This artist 's impression depicts how a black hole accretes the surrounding matter through a disc . The image looks uncannily like an eye in the sky - such as the Eye of Sauron from Lord of the Rings . Astronomers have sought the driving force behind these massive molecular outflows for years , and now a team of University of Maryland scientists has found an answer . The galaxy in the study , known as IRAS F11119+3257 , has an actively growing supermassive black hole at its centre . This means that , unlike the large black hole at the centre of our own Milky Way galaxy , this black hole is actively consuming large amounts of gas . As material enters the black hole , it creates friction , which in turn gives off electromagnetic radiation - including X-rays and visible light . Black holes that fit this description are called active galactic nuclei ( AGN ) , and their intense radiation output also generates powerful winds that force material away from the centre of a galaxy . In February it was revealed that a supermassive black hole 12 million times larger than the sun and powering ‘ the brightest lighthouse in the distant universe ’ has been discovered . The extraordinary object is at the centre of a quasar - an intensely powerful galactic radiation source - with a million billion times the sun ’ s energy output . The nature of quasars has remained a mystery since they were discovered in 1963 . But scientists theorise that they are generated by matter heating up as it is dragged into supermassive black holes at the centre of distant galaxies . The new object , named SDSS J0100+2802 , is 12.8 billion light years from Earth and was formed 900 million years after the Big Bang , which gave birth to the universe . Astronomers can not explain how such an enormous black hole could have formed so soon after the first stars and galaxies emerged . The study found that these AGN winds are powerful enough to drive the large molecular outflows that reach to the edges of the galaxy 's borders . Although theorists have suspected a connection between AGN winds and molecular outflows before , the current study is the first to confirm this link . 'This is the first galaxy in which we can see both the wind from the active galactic nucleus and the large-scale outflow of molecular gas at the same time , ' said lead author Dr Francesco Tombesi , an assistant research scientist in the University of Maryland 's astronomy department . He also worked at Nasa 's Goddard Space Flight Centre . The team analysed data collected in 2013 by Suzaku , an X-ray satellite operated by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency ( Jaxa ) and Nasa , as well as data from Esa 's Herschel Space Observatory . An alternate theory says that active star formation near the galactic centre could drive these outflows . But the brightness of IRAS F11119+3257 's active nucleus - which is responsible for about 80 per cent of the galaxy 's overall radiation - suggested otherwise . Star formation alone ca n't explain this intense concentration of energy , leading the researchers to conclude that the AGN winds must be the primary driver . The outflows could also remove huge quantities of star-making gas , dictating the size and shape of galaxies . This artist 's impression shows the outflow of molecular gas ( red ) in a galaxy hosting a supermassive black hole at its core . The study is based on data from the Herschel and Suzaku space observatories . This is a red-filter image of IRAS F11119+3257 ( inset ) from a telescope at the University of Hawaii 's , showing faint features that may be tidal debris , a sign of a galaxy merger . The background is a wider view of the region from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey . 'The temptation is to ignore the supermassive black hole when studying galactic dynamics and evolution , but our study shows that you ca n't because it influences galaxies on the larger scale , ' added co-author Dr Marcio Meléndez . Limited satellite time means that , at least for now , the team has only this one galaxy as a baseline for study . But now that they have a better idea what they are looking for , they will be able to find more candidate galaxies in the future . Within the next year , Jaxa and Nasa will launch Astro-H , a successor satellite to Suzaku . The instruments aboard Astro-H will make it possible to study more galaxies like IRAS F11119+3257 in greater detail . 'These are not like normal spiral or elliptical galaxies . They 're like train wrecks , ' said co-author Dr Sylvain Veilleux . 'Two galaxies collided with each other , and it 's now a single object . This train wreck provided all the material to feed the supermassive black hole that is now driving the huge galactic-scale outflow . ' The findings were published in the journal Nature .
hundreds of Maryland scientists present theory for galaxy cores . They believe supermassive black holes are causing millions of galaxies . This leads to the formation of millions of galaxies ever expanding . And the huge outflows can also dictate the size and shape of galaxies .