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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 ...
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 ...
New gravitational waves reveal black hole with ‘forbidden’ mass | Explained
Scientists detect powerful gravitational wave burst, GW231123, from black hole collision challenging theories on black hole ...
Observatory at risk from Trump cuts helps make stunning black hole discovery
The LIGO Hanford Observatory near the Tri-Cities and its twin in Louisiana detected ripples of time and space passing through ...
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.
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LIGO Ain't a Gravitational Wave Detector—It's an Observatory
There are two LIGO detectors. One is in Louisiana (only 30 minutes from where I live) and the other is in Washington. Other gravitational wave detectors exist on Earth, but they were not ...
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What LIGO's Second Gravitational Wave Discovery Means For Science
And LIGO’s second gravitational wave event, GW151226, is great for both! Essentially, on the pessimist’s side, GW151226 makes it all-but-certain that LIGO is picking up genuine gravitational ...