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A black hole roughly 36 billion times the mass of the sun has been discovered in the distant Cosmic Horseshoe galaxy, according to a new study. It is likely the largest black hole ever discovered and is almost 10,000 times bigger than Sagittarius A* at the center of the Milky Way.
Every galaxy in the universe is believed to be anchored by at least 1 massive black hole—the bigger the galaxy, the larger its black hole. The newly discovered object is dormant and no longer sucking in new material.