Gravitational-Wave Census Maps Diverse Black Hole Origins
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A new gravitational-wave catalog from LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA, with nearly 400 detections, lets scientists census black holes and shows they form through multiple channels—from direct stellar collapse to cluster dynamics and hierarchical mergers—while mass clusters near 10 and 35 solar masses and many objects spin rapidly, signaling a diverse, evolving black-hole population.
Topics:science#binary-mergers#black-holes#gravitational-waves#hierarchical-mergers#ligo-virgo-kagra#space
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