Hungry Hungry Hippo

NY Times: A Very Hungry Black Hole Is Found, Gorging on Stars - Astronomers in Australia say they have discovered a fast-growing black hole swallowing stars in a baby galaxy 12 billion light-years from here. By DENNIS OVERBYE

The black hole is growing so rapidly, said Christian Wolf, of the Australian National University, who led the team that found it in the depths of time, “that it is probably 10,000 times brighter than the galaxy it lives in.”