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LIGO Just Saw Most Massive Black Hole Merger Ever Detected

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.

Yahoo · 8h

Astrophysicists Find "Impossible" Black Hole Merger

Astrophysicists have analyzed two merging black holes; the team's best models suggest that at least one, if not both, of the black holes shouldn't exist.

CNN on MSN · 1d

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 recorded, according to new research.

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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 ...

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Observatory at risk from Trump cuts helps make stunning black hole discovery

The LIGO Hanford Observatory near the Tri-Cities and its twin in Louisiana detected ripples of time and space passing through ...

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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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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 ...

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