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Astronomers Watch As A Black Hole's Jet Wobbles Like a Top

Discover Magazine - Mon 29 Apr 19

Back in 2015, the black hole V404 Cygni got the attention of astronomers all over the globe when it suddenly brightened for two weeks. The outburst happened as the black hole began gobbling up ...

Astronomers watch as a black hole's jet wobbles like a top, Astronomy.com - Mon 29 Apr 19

Black hole spits out bizarre 'corkscrew' jets as it rips apart a star

ABC Science - Mon 29 Apr 19

For the first time, astronomers have witnessed a black hole spraying jets of plasma into space like a rotating sprinkler. The unusual fireworks took place as the ...

Wonky black hole spotted rapidly eating a doughnut made from a star

Newscientist - Mon 29 Apr 19

Black holes normally emit jets of material from their poles, but astronomers have spotted one with wonky jets due to its unusually fast meal

Black hole shoots plasma every which way

Cosmos Magazine - Mon 29 Apr 19

‘Extraordinary’ behaviour recorded in misaligned hole system. Andrew Masterson reports.

A rapidly changing jet orientation in the stellar-mass black-hole system V404 Cygni

Nature News - Mon 29 Apr 19

A rapidly changing jet orientation in the stellar-mass black-hole system V404 CygniA rapidly changing jet orientation in the stellar-mass black-hole system V404 Cygni, Published ...

Spinning black hole sprays light-speed plasma clouds into space

Phys.org - Mon 29 Apr 19

Astronomers have discovered rapidly swinging jets coming from a black hole almost 8000 light-years from Earth.

Spinning black hole sprays light-speed plasma clouds into space, SpaceDaily - Wed 1 May 19
Spinning black hole sprays light-speed plasma clouds into space, ScienceDaily - Mon 29 Apr 19

The black hole spitting out jet beams like a weird spinning top - CNET

CNET Cutting Edge - Tue 30 Apr 19

Scientists have observed a strange phenomenon from the black hole V404 Cygni: jet light beams that wobble like a spinning top.

Astronomers spot black hole ejecting plasma and spinning so fast that it drags spacetime

Daily Mail - Mon 29 Apr 19

A black hole almost 8,000 light years away from Earth has caught the eye of astronomers, due to its peculiar, wobbly nature. Scientists observed it spewing out jets of plasma in an unusual manner.

This Black Hole’s Jets Are Wobbling Fast Because It’s Dragging Space-Time

Geek.com - Mon 29 Apr 19

Astronomers have spotted wobbly jets of particles shooting out from a black hole, and they believe that this strange motion could be happening because the black hole’s strong gravitational ...

Astronomers Make Movie of Black Hole Spinning Like a Top

Gizmodo - Mon 29 Apr 19

Scientists around the world were able to create a short visualization of an active black hole wobbling like a top, according to a new paper—an important observation for the field.Read more...

This Black Hole's Jets Wobble Like Crazy Because It's Warping Space-Time

SPACE.com - Mon 29 Apr 19

Astronomers have spotted wildly wobbling jets of particles spewing out of a black hole, and they think this unusually rapid motion could be happening because the black hole is warping space ...

Distant Black Hole Gobbles Star, Belches Plasma Plumes in All Directions

Livescience - Mon 29 Apr 19

This odd behavior was previously unknown in black holes.

Scientists get to the bottom of a ‘spitting’ black hole

ESA - Mon 29 Apr 19

Data from ESA’s Integral high-energy observatory have helped shed light on the workings of a mysterious black hole found spitting out ‘bullets’ of plasma while rotating through ...

Scientists get to the bottom of a 'spitting' black hole, SpaceDaily - Wed 1 May 19

Wobbling black hole spewing plasma-jet clouds into space

Science Blog - Tue 30 Apr 19

Almost 8,000 light-years from Earth, swinging jets shoot out at nearly the speed of light from around a black hole, rapidly changing direction as they spray clouds of plasma into space. The ...