Black hole discovery: Earth warned as ‘fastest-growing’ region of spacetime breaks records - Daily Express

Black holes are regions of spacetime that form when massive stars collapse at the end of their life cycles and can continue to grow by absorbing stars and merging with other black holes.

More recently though, they have turned their attention to black hole known as J2157, which exists more than 12 billion light-years back in the distant universe and dwarfs the black hole at the centre of our galaxy.

Astronomers are trying to understand how such massive black holes could evolve during the early days of the universe.

The researchers continue to search for more massive black holes like this one to understand how they have grown.

While light cannot escape from black holes, this black hole emits X-rays and ultraviolet light that are created due to its enormous appetite.

Study co-author Fuyan Bian, said: "We knew we were onto a very massive black hole when we realised its fast growth rate

Further study and observation of this black hole will also shed light on its host galaxy, which may reveal more information about the early universe and how massive black holes evolved early on