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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
Mind-Altering Black Hole Merger Simulation Shows How They Glow
Supermassive black holes spiral towards each other in this simulation created by NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center that shows how they glow in ultraviolet and X-ray light. The black holes are only 40 orbits from merging.
A Merger of the "Most Massive Black Hole Binary We've Observed" Is Revealed
Learn more about LIGO, the observatory that detected two massive black holes merging, the largest in recorded history.
Merger of two massive black holes is one for the record books
To date, the collaboration has detected dozens of merger events since its first Nobel Prize-winning discovery. Early detected mergers involved either two black holes or two neutron stars. In 2021, LIGO/Virgo/KAGRA confirmed the detection of two separate "mixed" mergers between black holes and neutron stars.
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 holes crashed into each other billions of light-years away.
What is a black hole merger?
Black hole mergers release gravitational waves detected by observatories, revealing insights into the universe's mysteries.
Watch a star get destroyed by a supermassive black hole in the 1st simulation of its kind
Stars that wander too close to supermassive black holes may be violently undone in a process called "spaghettification." New simulations provide the most detailed look ever at the gory interaction.
The Middle of the Milky Way Is Home to a Supermassive Black Hole – Here's What we Know
What's in the middle of the Milky Way? In our neck of the cosmos, everything revolves around a supermassive black hole.
Black Hole Turns Star Into Spaghetti in NASA Simulation
NASA has released a jaw-dropping animation showing what may be one of the rarest cosmic events ever witnessed — a black hole ripping a star to shreds. Using data from the Hubble Space Telescope and the Chandra X-Ray Observatory,
New Insights into Supermassive Black Holes
Recently, an international research team headed by Heidelberg University’s Dr. Efthalia Traianou was able to capture a unique level of detail in a photograph of the galaxy’s core.
A Supermassive Black Hole That Was Dormant For Decades Has Awakened, So What Happens Now?
Astronomers have witnessed something incredible: a supermassive black hole that was dormant for decades suddenly waking up and roaring to […]
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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Meet 'lite intermediate black holes,' the supermassive black hole's smaller, much more mysterious cousin
Black holes are massive, strange and incredibly powerful astronomical objects. Scientists know that supermassive black holes ...
Scientists Found a Black Hole That Shouldn’t Exist. Now Physics Has a Problem.
At 225 solar masses, this gargantuan merger of two black holes challenges our thinking on these famously elusive objects.
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Astronomers Detect a Black Hole Merger That’s So Massive It Shouldn ...
Considering the gravitationally chaotic nature of black hole environments, with their pushes and pulls, it’s remarkable that this merger was stable enough for the resulting gravitational waves ...
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This Bizarre Blazar May Hide The Most Powerful Black Hole Duo Ever Found
A team of astronomers has captured the most detailed image yet of a powerful jet blasting out from the supermassive black ...