The LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA (LVK) collaboration has announced a groundbreaking discovery in the field of gravitational wave ...

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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The largest black hole collision ever recorded has scientists' jaws on the floor — and scratching their heads.

A collision observed between two black holes, each more massive than a hundred suns, is the largest merger of its kind ever recorded, according to new research. Gravitational waves were predicted by ...

Black hole merger sets unmatched mass record in gravitational wave histor GW231123 was detected by LIGO, Virgo, and KAGRA on November 23, 2023 One black hole spun near the physical limit allowed by ge ...

What occurs when two black holes, each greater than a hundred Suns, smash into each other in the shadows past our galaxy? In ...

Learn more about LIGO, the observatory that detected two massive black holes merging, the largest in recorded history.

An international team of physicists uncovered the behemoth by detecting ripples in space-time from the violent collision.

The detection of gravitational waves from this event has generated a lot of scientific interest. It has the potential to ...