Astrophysicists have analyzed two merging black holes; the team's best models suggest that at least one, if not both, of the ...

A U.S. gravitational wave detector spotted a collision between fast-spinning “forbidden” black holes that challenge physics ...

An international team of physicists discovered the largest-ever merger of 2 black holes through a phenomenon known as ...

A group of Manitoba researchers were involved behind the scenes of an international effort that this week revealed how two ...

To date, the collaboration has detected dozens of merger events since its first Nobel Prize-winning discovery. Early detected ...

The massive black hole has been dubbed GW231123. Its unusual size and behavior is challenging scientists' understanding of ...

The new black hole has more than 200 times the mass of our sun – and is challenging theories of how objects form in space ...

The Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) is no stranger to making history and breaking records. In 2015 ...

The powerful merger, designated GW231123, produced an extremely large black hole about 225 times the mass of our Sun.

What occurs when the universe plays a cosmic curveball, breaking down long-standing assumptions about how black holes form?

The most massive black hole merger to date was detected at a Washington state observatory, producing a black hole about 225 ...

Astronomers have detected the signal of a colossal black hole in deep space that likely formed when two already-large black ...