Hephaistos black hole

The Hephaistos black hole is a fictional cosmi anomoly featured in the 2000-2005 science fiction television series Andromeda. It was first seen in the series' pilot episode "Under the Night" as well as the second episode of season one, "An Affirming Flame". The black hole served as a plot device that set the stage for the remainder of the series.

Description
The Hephaistos black hole was a region of space from which nothing, not even light, could escape. It was the result of the deformation of spacetime caused by a very compact mass and first emerged in the proximity of Hephaistus IV in the Hephaistus System in CY 9784.