Loudest gravitational wave ever detected reveals new insights into black hole event horizons
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Robert Lea
Summary
The article reports on the detection of the loudest gravitational wave signal ever recorded (GW250114) by LIGO, Virgo, and KAGRA in January 2025. The signal was produced by the merger of two black holes, each about 32 times the mass of the sun. Scientists used this event to study event horizons — the boundaries around black holes beyond which nothing, not even light, can escape. The research provides new insights into the nature of black holes and the fundamental physics of spacetime.
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Twitter / XLoudest gravitational wave ever detected reveals new insights into black hole event horizonsspace.comKey quotes
· 2 pulledWe measured the last sound the black holes made when they crashed.
The loudest crash of gravitational waves ever heard has offered us insight into event horizons, the boundaries beyond which nothing can escape the grips of black holes.
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