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LIGO Just Saw Most Massive Black Hole Merger Ever Detected

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.

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Physicists detect largest-ever merger of 2 black holes equal in size to 240 suns

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Astronomers detect most massive black hole collision to date

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WA observatory in Hanford helps make stunning black hole discovery

The future of at least one of the U.S. LIGO observatories is in jeopardy as deep cuts to science programs are proposed by the ...

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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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First Space-Based Gravitational Wave Detector Begins Construction

L ast month, work began on the world’s first space-based gravitational wave detector. The European Space Agency and partner ...

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.

Cosmic Heavyweights Collide – LIGO Detects Largest, Fastest-Spinning Black Holes Yet

A gravitational wave has revealed the biggest black-hole merger ever recorded—so massive and extreme, it defies current astrophysical models. The clash formed a 225-solar-mass monster, possibly made ...

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