This discovery at first glance seems contradictory although the implications may be important:

The supermassive black hole in question resides about 340 million light-years away at the center of a dwarf disk galaxy called RGG 118.

The estimated mass of this object is about 50,000 solar masses. This is less than half the mass of the previous smallest black hole at the center of a galaxy.

The black hole is nearly 100 times less massive than the supermassive black hole found in the center of the Milky Way. It’s also about 200,000 times less massive than the heaviest black holes found in the centers of other galaxies.

Let’s find out why this matters and watch a video on page 2

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