NASA - Most Powerful Eruption in the Universe Discovered

NASA - Most Powerful Eruption in the Universe Discovered: "This event was caused by gravitational energy release, as enormous amounts of matter fell toward a black hole. Most of the matter was swallowed, but some of it was violently ejected before being captured by the black hole. 'I was stunned to find that a mass of about 300 million suns was swallowed,' said Brian McNamara of Ohio University in Athens. 'This is as large as another super massive black hole.' He is lead author of the study about the discovery, which is in the January 6, 2005, issue of Nature. "