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LIGO Just Saw The Most Massive Black Hole Merger Ever Detected
The merger wasn’t just the biggest ever, but also an event so rare that it challenges existing models for black hole genesis.
Scientists record a black hole collision they weren’t sure was possible
The largest black hole collision ever recorded has scientists' jaws on the floor — and scratching their heads.
Physicists detect largest-ever merger of 2 black holes equal in size to 240 suns
An international team of physicists discovered the largest-ever merger of 2 black holes through a phenomenon known as gravitational waves.
New gravitational waves reveal black hole with ‘forbidden’ mass | Explained
Scientists detect powerful gravitational wave burst, GW231123, from black hole collision challenging theories on black hole ...
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Monster black hole merger is biggest ever seen
“It’s the most massive [merger] so far,” says Mark Hannam, a physicist at Cardiff University, UK, and part of the LVK ...
Scientists have detected the largest black hole merger yet. What it is and why it matters
It was a bump in the night. A big one.On Nov. 23, 2023, waves from a colossal merger of two black holes reached Earth and ...
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Record-Sized Collision Between Black Holes Detected by Astronomers
Named GW 231123 after the date it was recorded on 23 November 2023, it's the most massive black hole collision we've seen yet ...
Galaxy Of Closest Pair Of Black Holes Viewable In Stunning 4K
Take a journey to 89 million light-years away from Earth to the NGC 7727 galaxy. It harbors the closest pair of supermassive ...