Sagittarius A, thesupermassiveblackholeatthecenteroftheMilkyWay, has a massofroughlyfourmillionsuns, andhas a diameteraboutthedistancebetweentheearthandoursun.
Thisincludesaccretiondisks, a diskofparticlesthatformwhengasesanddustfalltoward a blackhole, andquasars, jetsofparticlesthatblastoutofsupermassiveblackholes.
In 1916, usingEinstein's generaltheoryofrelativity, a GermanphysicistnamedKarlSchwartzschildcalculatedthatanymasscouldbecome a blackholeifitwerecompressedtightlyenough.