Black hole with 33 billion times the mass of Sun detected(1/3)

Photo released on March 29, 2023 shows an artist impression of a black hole, which distorts light passing near it creating a phenomenon known as "gravitational lensing" (Photo/Agencies)

An ultra-massive black hole around 33 billion times the mass of the Sun and about 2.7 billion light years from Earth has been discovered by astronomers.

Photo released on March 29, 2023 shows an artist's impression of the Hubble telescope capturing a picture of the galaxy. In the upper left hand corner is the picture of the galaxy the scientists were looking at. (Photo/Agencies)

Photo released on March 29, 2023 shows a supercomputer image used by scientists to confirm the size of the super massive black hole. (Photo/Agencies)