According to British researchers, these black holes are several times larger than the black holes known to scientists.
Recent research by astronomers at Keele University and Central University of Lancashire (UK) discovered a supermassive black hole located at the center of a galaxy called SAGE0536AGN.
As a result, this black hole is much larger than what scientists have ever known. Compared to the Sun, it has a mass equivalent to about 350 million times.
Further research, experts discovered, that the SAGE0536AGN galaxy was 9 billion years old, discovered by the US Aerospace Agency (NASA) Spiter Telescope.
The team claims the existence of a black hole in the center of the galaxy by measuring the speed of the vortex around it. They then used a large telescope in southern Africa to gather more information and determine the size of the black hole.
Giant black holes often tend to grow in proportion to the size of the galaxy around them, experts say. With this enormous size, it is possible that the black hole has engulfed gas and other surrounding matter in the center of the galaxy with incredible speed.
In addition, experts also found that this “monster” black hole is extremely bright. Scientists explain that because the surrounding gas has a large gravitational field, strong acceleration causes the black hole to emit light. Currently, experts continue to study this “monster” black hole more clearly.
