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The Seattle Times · 2d

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 Trump administration.

Discover Magazine on MSN · 4d

A Merger of the "Most Massive Black Hole Binary We've Observed" Is Revealed

Learn more about LIGO, the observatory that detected two massive black holes merging, the largest in recorded history.

Smithsonian Magazine on MSN · 4d

Physicists Detect the Most Massive Black Hole Merger Ever Observed by Studying Gravitational Waves

In 2015, the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) directly detected gravitational waves, or ripples in space-time, for the first time ever—almost exactly one century after Einstein had predicted their existence in his general theory of relativity.

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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.

ExtremeTech on MSN3d

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.

3don MSN

Astronomers detect most massive black hole collision to date

Using ripples in space-time predicted by Einstein, a team of researchers has detected a cosmic merger of unprecedented ...

Space.com on MSN6d

Gravitational waves reveal most massive black hole merger ever detected — one 'forbidden' by current models

The Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) is no stranger to making history and breaking records. In 2015 ...

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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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