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LIGO catches a 225-solar-mass black-hole smash-up

Phys.org on MSN · 20h

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 forged by earlier smash-ups fused into a 225-solar-mass titan, GW231123. The record-setting blast strains both the sensitivity of LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA and the boundaries of stellar-evolution theory,

CBS News on MSN · 10h

Largest-ever merger of black holes forms one 225 times the mass of the sun, astronomers say

The massive black hole has been dubbed GW231123. Its unusual size and behavior is challenging scientists' understanding of black hole formation, Hannam said. Previously, the largest known black hole that came from a merger was about 140 times the mass of the sun.

Scientific American · 6h

Monster Black Hole Merger Is Most Massive Ever Seen

A U.S. gravitational wave detector spotted a collision between fast-spinning “forbidden” black holes that challenge physics models

Space breakthrough: Louisiana observatory detects biggest black hole merger ever observed

It took less than a second for the space observatory hidden in Louisiana woods to detect a black hole that is that is ...

The biggest black hole smashup ever detected challenges physics theories

Gravitational waves spotted by LIGO reveal two black holes, 140 and 100 times the mass of the sun, merged to become a 225 solar mass behemoth.

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