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Merger of two massive black holes is one for the record books
To date, the collaboration has detected dozens of merger events since its first Nobel Prize-winning discovery. Early detected mergers involved either two black holes or two neutron stars. In 2021, LIGO/Virgo/KAGRA confirmed the detection of two separate "mixed" mergers between black holes and neutron stars.
A group of Manitoba researchers were involved behind the scenes of an international effort that this week revealed the first ...
An international team of physicists discovered the largest-ever merger of 2 black holes through a phenomenon known as ...
Two colossal black holes among the most massive ever seen collided in deep space, creating gravitational waves that rippled ...
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Gravitational waves reveal most massive black hole merger ever detected — one 'forbidden' by current modelsThe Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) is no stranger to making history and breaking records. In 2015 ...
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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 ...
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