page_title: Galactic superwind
hierarchical_section_title: Galactic superwind
caption_attribution_description: English: Deep exposures of Galaxies using the 0.8m Schulman Telescope at the Mount Lemmon SkyCenter Credit Line &amp; Copyright Adam Block/Mount Lemmon SkyCenter/University of Arizona
context_page_description: A galactic superwind, or just galactic wind, is a high velocity stellar wind emanating from either newly formed massive stars, spiral density waves, or as the result of the effects of supermassive black holes. They are normally observed in starburst galaxies.
context_section_description: A galactic superwind, or just galactic wind, is a high velocity stellar wind emanating from either newly formed massive stars, spiral density waves, or as the result of the effects of supermassive black holes. They are normally observed in starburst galaxies.
caption: M82, a starburst galaxy often referred to as the "Cigar Galaxy", is thought to exhibit strong superwinds.[1]
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