Wonky black hole seen firing off plasma "bullets"

Black holes are notoriously ravenous objects, chowing down on anything that comes too close, including light itself. But not everything gets sucked in – many black holes have been found to spew jets of high-speed particles. Those usually form long, straight beams but now astronomers have discovered a weird black hole that's spinning like a wonky top, firing off "bullets" of plasma in all directions.

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Category: Space

Tags:

• Astronomy
• Black hole
• ESA
• Integral
• Stars
• X-ray

from New Atlas (Gizmag) http://bit.ly/2VAhJmw