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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 ...
Scientists record a black hole collision they weren’t sure was possible
The largest black hole collision ever recorded has scientists' jaws on the floor — and scratching their heads.
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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
How Trump cuts will impact Hanford, Tri-Cities energy and science research
The massive bill is guided by spending requests from the White House. It will extend the 2017 Trump tax cuts, while cutting ...
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Space breakthrough: Louisiana observatory detects biggest black hole merger ever observed
It took less than a second for the space observatory hidden in Louisiana woods to detect a black hole that is that is ...
Astronomers Detect a Black Hole Merger That’s So Massive It Shouldn’t Exist
The powerful merger, designated GW231123, produced an extremely large black hole about 225 times the mass of our Sun.
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.