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On November 27, 2012 a group of astronomers have made a discovery that might change the whole galaxy. They discovered a black hole forming deep in outer space. This black hole might shake the foundations of current models of galaxy evolution. This black hole is about 17billion times the mass of the sun and is much larger then scientist predicted it would come out. The galaxy that neighbors this black hole is comparatively small. Also scientists predict this might the largest black hole found to date. Astronomers state that almost every galaxy should have what is called a super massive black hole located in the center of it. In order for it to be considered a super massive black hole, its black hole must have a mass of about hundreds of thousands or even billions of that of the sun. The reason scientists know this is because the Milky Way galaxy contains a black hole that has the mass of our sun by four billion. Scientist have realized that the black hole usually has a small fraction of the mass in the galaxy the black hole lies in. this black hole that has 17 billion times the mass of our sun has been located in the center of the Disk Galaxy.

Max Planck Institute for Astronomy/Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie. "Giant black hole could upset galaxy evolution models." // ScienceDaily //, 27 Nov. 2012. Web. 28 Nov. 2012.