The Cosmic Giant That Whispers God’s Greatness

Astronomers have discovered an ultra-massive black hole hiding in plain sight at the very heart of the Cosmic Horseshoe galaxy, five billion light-years from Earth (New Scientist, August 7, 2025). Weighing 36 billion times more than our sun, it dwarfs the black hole at the center of our own Milky Way galaxy. This heavenly leviathan bends light itself, warping space and time with its incredible gravitational pull.

Yet, even as scientists boast of it being the largest black hole ever found, Scripture quietly reframes the scale. In Isaiah 40:12, the prophet asks, “Who has measured the waters in the hollow of His hand, measured heaven with a span”? The God who “stretches out the heavens like a curtain” (v. 22) sees this black hole not as a cosmic giant, but as a speck in the palm of His hand. What we call massive, God sees as a small, simple element of His greater and grander work.

Psalm 147:4 reminds us that “He counts the number of the stars; He calls them all by name.” While humanity strains to measure the size of one black hole, God effortlessly tracks and names every star, every galaxy, and every gravitational effect. His knowledge is not bound by the limits that restrict us, and “His understanding is infinite” (v. 5). We should stand in awe of such incomprehensible truths, as did Job: “Indeed these are the mere edges of His ways, and how small a whisper we hear of Him” (Job 26:14). This incredibly massive black hole is a small glimpse of God’s divine power. The One who spoke stars into existence holds even the greatest of them in effortless balance, and you can find out more about this limitless God by reading or listening to our study guide The Real God: Proofs and Promises.