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Monster Black Hole Merger Is Most Massive Ever Seen
A U.S. gravitational wave detector spotted a collision between fast-spinning ‘forbidden’ black holes that challenge physics ...
To 'infinity' and beyond: Direct evidence of black hole birth found in galaxy named 'Infinity'
Yale astronomer Pieter van Dokkum and a team of researchers have discovered an object in space they call the "Infinity" ...
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 ...
Sharper gravitational-wave analysis promises clearer insights into black hole collisions
A new method to analyze gravitational-wave data could transform how we study some of the universe's most extreme events—black ...
Science Daily6h
Big-Bang echoes unmask a billion-light-year hole around Earth—and it’s stretching space faster
Our galaxy may reside in a billion-light-year-wide cosmic bubble that accelerates local expansion, potentially settling the ...
Science Daily12h
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 ...
Space on MSN20h
Watch The R Aquarii Binary Star System Evolve In Hubble Imagery Time-Lapse
The Hubble Space Telescope has captured imagery of the R Aquarii binary star system from 2014-2023. The images have been time ...
Time-Lapse: Saturn's Rings Tilt In Amazing Hubble Space Telescope
Hubble Space Telescope imagery of Saturn, captured from 2018-2024, has been time-lapsed. Footage courtesy: NASA, ESA, Amy Simon (NASA-GSFC), Michael H. Wong (University of California) | edited by ...