Astronomers have detected the largest black hole merger ever, and it has challenged their understanding of such formations.

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

“It’s the most massive [merger] so far,” says Mark Hannam, a physicist at Cardiff University, UK, and part of the LVK ...

The merger wasn’t just the biggest ever, but also an event so rare that it challenges existing models for black hole genesis.

The powerful merger, designated GW231123, produced an extremely large black hole about 225 times the mass of our Sun.

A collaboration between humanity’s three gravitational wave detectors have identified a black hole merger event that created ...

Black hole merger sets unmatched mass record in gravitational wave histor GW231123 was detected by LIGO, Virgo, and KAGRA on ...

What occurs when the universe plays a cosmic curveball, breaking down long-standing assumptions about how black holes form?

The new black hole has more than 200 times the mass of our sun – and is challenging theories of how objects form in space ...

The massive black hole has been dubbed GW231123. Its unusual size and behavior is challenging scientists' understanding of ...

Black hole mergers release gravitational waves detected by observatories, revealing insights into the universe's mysteries.

A collision observed between two black holes, each more massive than a hundred suns, is the largest merger of its kind ever ...