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JWST finds unusual black hole in the center of the Infinity Galaxy: 'How can we make sense of this?'
Everything about the Infinity Galaxy, recently discovered by the JWST, is strange. One odd feature could be the 1st evidence ...
Astronomers detect most massive black hole collision to date
A collision observed between two black holes, each more massive than a hundred suns, is the largest merger of its kind ever ...
Webb spots 'Infinity Galaxy' that sheds light on black hole formation
Discoveries keep pouring out of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). Researchers observed an unusual cluster, which they ...
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" ...
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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 ...
Nature2d
Monster black hole merger is biggest ever seen
“It’s the most massive [merger] so far,” says Mark Hannam, a physicist at Cardiff University, UK, and part of the LVK ...
Space.com on MSN2d
Gravitational waves reveal most massive black hole merger ever detected — one 'forbidden' by current models
The Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) is no stranger to making history and breaking records. In 2015 ...
Live Science on MSN2d
Scientists detect most massive black hole merger ever — and it birthed a monster 225 times as massive as the sun
New gravitational wave findings from the LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA Collaboration report the discovery of the largest black hole merger ...
IFLScience on MSN12h
Newly Discovered “Infinity Galaxy” Might Explain How Supermassive Black Hole Came To Be
“Third, as an unexpected bonus, it turns out that both galaxy nuclei also have an active supermassive black hole. So, this ...
NewsBytes18h
Watch: Supermassive black hole found in an 'Infinity' galaxy
Yale astronomer Pieter van Dokkum and his team have discovered direct evidence of a black hole birth in a recently-collided galaxy duo named 'Infinity'.
Study Finds on MSN15h
Webb Telescope Spots ‘Infinity Galaxy’ Hosting A Supermassive Black Hole That Shouldn’t Exist
Astronomers using JWST and other telescopes found a supermassive black hole floating between two colliding galaxies — not in ...
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To ‘Infinity’ and beyond — a look at a newborn black hole
Yale astronomer Pieter van Dokkum and a team of researchers have discovered an object in space they call the “Infinity” galaxy — two recently-collided galaxies that, together, look like the symbol for ...