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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.
Physicists detect largest-ever merger of 2 black holes equal in size to 240 suns
An international team of physicists discovered the largest-ever merger of 2 black holes through a phenomenon known as ...
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Two monster black holes just collided — it’s so massive, it shouldn’t exist
Two colossal black holes among the most massive ever seen collided in deep space, creating gravitational waves that rippled ...
Manitoba researchers part of team working to unravel mystery of largest black hole merger ever detected
A group of Manitoba researchers were involved behind the scenes of an international effort that this week revealed how two ...
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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 ...
Violent Collision of Two Black Holes Rippled Across the Universe
The pair merged to create a single hole about 225 times the mass of the sun.
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What Happens to Science When Black Holes Break the Rules?
This is the most massive black hole binary we’ve observed through gravitational waves, and it presents a real challenge to ...