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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 black hole formation, Hannam said. Previously, the largest known black hole that came from a merger was about 140 times the mass of the sun.
An international team of physicists discovered the largest-ever merger of 2 black holes through a phenomenon known as gravitational waves.
A U.S. gravitational wave detector spotted a collision between fast-spinning “forbidden” black holes that challenge physics ...
Merger created enormous black hole the size of 240 suns The event, designated GW231123, was spotted Nov. 23, 2023, by the gravitational wave detector network LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA (LVK). An ...
Previously, the largest known black hole that came from a merger was about 140 times the mass of the sun. GW231123's discovery is also opening doors for new avenues of research, astronomers ...
One possibility is that the two black holes in this binary formed through earlier mergers of smaller black holes.” According to research presented at the 24th International Conference on ...
Sometime in their cosmic lives, two gigantic black holes crashed into one another to form something even more monstrous: A black hole equal to the size of 240 of Earth's sun.
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