The fastest-growing black hole known to humans is astonishingly large, and apparently very hangry, according to new research from an international team of astronomers. .

"The black hole's mass is also about 8,000 times bigger than the black hole in the center of the Milky Way," Christopher Onken of the Australian National University said in a release.

"If the Milky Way's black hole wanted to grow that fat, it would have to swallow two-thirds of all the stars in our galaxy," Onken adds. .

Onken and his team discovered the black hole in 2018 and were astonished by its fast growth rate.