Scientists at the LIGO Hanford Observatory have made a groundbreaking discovery by observing the largest black hole merger ever recorded through gravitational waves.

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Long ago, in a galaxy far away, two black holes danced around each other, drawing ever closer until they ended in a cosmic collision that sent ripples through the fabric of spacetime. On September 14, ...

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The merger resulted in a combined black hole 225 times our sun’s mass, and challenges current astrophysical models of black hole formation.

To study this merger, scientists had to use advanced models that account for how fast-spinning black holes behave—a ...

A record-breaking black hole collision has stunned scientists with its sheer scale and speed. Detected by the LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA observatories, the event merged two enormous black holes—each over 100 ...

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At 225 solar masses, this gargantuan merger of two black holes challenges our thinking on these famously elusive objects.

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