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Astronomers have released incredible footage showing a black hole shooting jets of plasma out into space.
Experts have been left awestruck by the lasso-like motion of the jets and think that V404 Cygni is unlike any other black hole discovered so far.
The centre of the black hole, which is almost 8,000 light years away from Earth, has been compared to a 'wobbling spinning top' because of its peculiar motion.
Associate Professor James Miller-Jones, from Australia's Curtin University, said: "This is one of the most extraordinary black hole systems I’ve ever come across.