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LIGO Just Saw Most Massive Black Hole Merger Ever Detected

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.

WA observatory detects massive black hole merger

The most massive black hole merger to date was detected at a Washington state observatory, producing a black hole about 225 times the mass of the sun.

Ars Technica · 4d

Merger of two massive black holes is one for the record books

To date, the collaboration has detected dozens of merger events since its first Nobel Prize-winning discovery. Early detected mergers involved either two black holes or two neutron stars. In 2021, LIGO/Virgo/KAGRA confirmed the detection of two separate "mixed" mergers between black holes and neutron stars.

ExtremeTech on MSN1d

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.

Modern Engineering Marvels on MSN21h

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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