• Black whole is at the center of a gaseous cloud one quadrillion times the size of our sun
• Located in galaxy cluster RC J1532 more than 3.9billion light years away

NASA has released a stunning image of a black hole that is so massive and so powerful that it has prevented trillions of stars from forming around it.

The black hole is surrounded by super-heated gases - shown in purple. At the very center of the gas is a very galaxy cluster - that is home to the black hole.

Galaxies can be seen swirling around - and bending into the black hole, pictured in yellow.

The entire spectacular occurrence is located 3.9 billion light years from Earth in a galaxy cluster called RX J1532.