This 'impossible' black hole merger may be explained by a warp in spacetime
Researchers say gravitational lensing could make the 140-solar-mass black-hole merger look far heavier than it was.
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This 'impossible' black hole merger may be explained by a warp in spacetime
A "forbidden" merger between two black holes may not have been quite as impossible as previously thought. New research that suggests the black holes involved were smaller than first calculated.
The Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory detected ripples in spacetime from a massive black hole collision on November 23, 2023. Designated GW231123, the event initially registered as an impact between two objects measuring 140 and 100 times the mass of the sun. New analysis published on August 25 in the Astrophysical Journal Letters indicates that gravitational [...]
One of the most confusing black hole fusions ever detected could eventually explain without disrupting astrophysics models. A new study of the GW231123 signal suggests that its exceptional mass would have been overestimated because of a gravitational lens effect affecting gravitational waves during their journey ... Read more Like KultureGeek on Facebook, and follow us on Twitter Don't forget to download our free iAddict app for iPhone and iPad …
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