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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 ...
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 ...
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'Ice cube' clouds discovered at the galaxy's center shouldn't exist — and they hint at a recent black hole explosion
Twin orbs of superhot plasma at the Milky Way's center known as the "Fermi bubbles" contain inexplicable clouds of cold ...
Two black holes merged in outer space and created something colossal
Astronomers have detected the signal of a colossal black hole in deep space that likely formed when two already-large black ...
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JWST finds unusual black hole in the center of the Infinity Galaxy: 'How can we make sense of this?'
Everything about the Infinity Galaxy, recently discovered by the JWST, is strange. One odd feature could be the 1st evidence ...
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Gravitational waves reveal most massive black hole merger ever detected — one 'forbidden' by current models
The Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) is no stranger to making history and breaking records. In 2015 ...
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‘A black hole walks into a bar …’ UVA astronomers take science to the people
Speaking at a local restaurant, University of Virginia astronomers share the wonders of the universe, hard science and some ...
Astronomers Detect a Black Hole Merger That’s So Massive It Shouldn’t Exist
The powerful merger, designated GW231123, produced an extremely large black hole about 225 times the mass of our Sun.
What's at the center of a black hole? Scientists have a sobering answer.
But in the past two decades, new types of black holes have been seen and astronomers are beginning to understand how they ...
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Scientists detect most massive black hole merger ever — and it birthed a monster 225 times as massive as the sun
New gravitational wave findings from the LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA Collaboration report the discovery of the largest black hole merger ...
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Astronomers detect the most massive black hole merger ever
Astronomers have detected the most massive black hole merger ever observed, challenging stellar evolution and black hole formation theories.
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Record-Sized Collision Between Black Holes Detected by Astronomers
Two black holes have collided in a merger that could revolutionize our understanding of black hole growth. Named GW 231123 after the date it was recorded on 23 November 2023, it's the most massive ...