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LIGO Just Saw The Most Massive Black Hole Merger Ever Detected

The merger wasn’t just the biggest ever, but also an event so rare that it challenges existing models for black hole genesis.

TechSpot · 10h

The most massive black hole merger ever detected shakes up astrophysics

The LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA (LVK) collaboration has announced a groundbreaking discovery in the field of gravitational wave astronomy. The international research team has detected the most massive merger

New Scientist · 3d

LIGO has spotted the most massive black hole collision ever detected

A puzzling gravitational wave was detected, and astronomers have determined that it comes from a record-breaking black hole merger

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Gravitational shockwave: LIGO catches a 225-solar-mass black-hole smash-up

Gravitational-wave detectors have captured their biggest spectacle yet: two gargantuan, rapidly spinning black holes likely ...

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Observatory at risk from Trump cuts helps make stunning black hole discovery

The LIGO Hanford Observatory near the Tri-Cities and its twin in Louisiana detected ripples of time and space passing through ...

WA senator fighting to save Nobel Prize-winning Tri-Cities observatory

The Trump administration has called for shutting down either a Tri-Cities, WA, or Louisiana observatory that work in tandem.

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What LIGO's Second Gravitational Wave Discovery Means For Science

And LIGO’s second gravitational wave event, GW151226, is great for both! Essentially, on the pessimist’s side, GW151226 makes it all-but-certain that LIGO is picking up genuine gravitational ...

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LIGO Ain't a Gravitational Wave Detector—It's an Observatory

There are two LIGO detectors. One is in Louisiana (only 30 minutes from where I live) and the other is in Washington. Other gravitational wave detectors exist on Earth, but they were not ...

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