Scientists discover ultramassive black hole ’30 billion times the mass of the sun’

An artist’s impression of a black hole, where the black hole’s intense gravitational field distorts the space around it (ESA/Hubble, Digitized Sky Survey/Nick Risinger/N Bartmann/Durham University)

An ultramassive black hole around 33 billion times the mass of the sun has been discovered by astronomers in the UK.

Scientists from Durham University said the gargantuan black hole is one of the biggest ever found.