LIGO Records Largest Black Hole Merger Yet
TL;DR
The LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA collaboration detected the most massive black hole merger to date, producing a black hole about 225 times the Sun's mass, challenging existing models of black hole formation and demonstrating the advancing capabilities of gravitational wave astronomy.
- LIGO Detects Most Massive Black Hole Merger to Date Caltech
- Scientists detect biggest ever merger of two massive black holes The Guardian
- Gravitational waves reveal most massive black hole merger ever detected — one 'forbidden' by current models Space
- LIGO has spotted the most massive black hole collision ever detected New Scientist
- Leading role for Portsmouth astrophysicist in detecting most massive black hole merger to date University of Portsmouth
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