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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.

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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.

National Geographic · 1d

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.

WA observatory in Hanford helps make stunning black hole discovery

The future of at least one of the U.S. LIGO observatories is in jeopardy as deep cuts to science programs are proposed by the ...

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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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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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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.

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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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