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What Happens to Science When Black Holes Break the Rules?
This is the most massive black hole binary we’ve observed through gravitational waves, and it presents a real challenge to ...
Astronomers detect most massive black hole collision to date
A collision observed between two black holes, each more massive than a hundred suns, is the largest merger of its kind ever ...
Gravitational shockwave: LIGO catches a 225-solar-mass black-hole smash-up
Gravitational-wave detectors have captured their biggest spectacle yet: two gargantuan, rapidly spinning black holes likely ...
WA senator fighting to save Nobel Prize-winning Tri-Cities observatory
The Trump administration has called for shutting down either a Tri-Cities, WA, or Louisiana observatory that work in tandem.
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.
Cosmic Heavyweights Collide – LIGO Detects Largest, Fastest-Spinning Black Holes Yet
A gravitational wave has revealed the biggest black-hole merger ever recorded—so massive and extreme, it defies current astrophysical models. The clash formed a 225-solar-mass monster, possibly made ...
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Gravitational waves reveal most massive black hole merger ever detected — one 'forbidden' by current models
Gravitational wave detectors have "heard" the ripples in space caused by the most massive black hole merger yet. One ...
Largest-ever merger of black holes forms one 225 times the mass of the sun, astronomers say
The massive black hole has been dubbed GW231123. Its unusual size and behavior is challenging scientists' understanding of ...
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LIGO has spotted the most massive black hole collision ever detected
A puzzling gravitational wave was detected, and astronomers have determined that it comes from a record-breaking black hole ...