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fromwww.npr.org
1 week ago
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After 10 years of black hole science, Stephen Hawking proven right

Black-hole merger observations confirm Hawking's 1971 area theorem: the total event-horizon surface area does not decrease during black-hole mergers.
fromBig Think
3 weeks ago
Science

LIGO, facing threats of closure, more than doubles its black hole haul

Gravitational wave astronomy matured since 2015 with LIGO detecting hundreds of black hole mergers, yet its future risks abrupt termination without decisive action.
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fromFuturism
2 months ago

Scientists Detect Sign of Something Impossible Out in Deep Space

Black holes this massive are forbidden through standard stellar evolution models. This is the most massive black hole binary we've observed through gravitational waves, and it presents a real challenge to our understanding of black hole formation.
Science
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