In 2018 a black hole was observed to swallow a star and now it's vomiting it back up

It’s not significant news when a black hole shreds and consumes a star — that’s just what black holes do. However, when that black hole starts ejecting material from a star years later, then scientists start paying attention. Scientists were recently caught by surprise when a black hole in a galaxy located 665 million light years away exhibited this exact phenomenon.

In 2018, the black hole consumed a star about one-tenth the mass of our Sun. While it’s normal for black holes to fling some of the consumed star material back into space, it usually happens during or shortly after the consumption event. Sending the outflow back into space several years later has been unheard of until now.

[link to www.giantfreakinrobot.com (secure)]