Black hole 'is 12 billion times size of the sun'

'Super-supermassive' black hole was formed early on in history of universe, leaving scientists puzzled

Black hole
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A team of astronomers has discovered a black hole 12 billion times bigger than the sun and more than twice the mass of other known black holes of a similar age. The celestial body, a region of space so dense with matter that not even light can escape its fierce gravitational field, was announced today in the journal Nature. Its discovery has left the international team, led by astronomers from Peking University in China and the University of Arizona in the US, puzzled about the way black holes are formed.

How was it found?

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