The effects aren't limited to just falling in. Once you pass the event horizon it's game over, but remarkably little matter from, say a star falling in, will a

The effects aren't limited to just falling in. Once you pass the event horizon it's game over, but remarkably little matter from, say a star falling in, will actually reach the event horizon. For one example, a lot of particles get swept up in the magnetic maelstrom surrounding spinning black holes and are shot away from the poles at near the speed of light. That's what we're seeing here.