Record-Sized Collision Between Black Holes Detected by Astronomers

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Scientists have observed the largest black hole merger ever observed. The new object, 10 billion light-years from Earth, is over 225 times more massive than our sun.

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Black holes are regions of space that possess such intense gravity that not even light has the ability to escape it, and that they are formed when massive stars collapse at the end of their lives. It is estimated that there are 40 trillion black holes in the observable universe. This supposes that different situations can occur, including the possibility that these clash with each other, when they get close enough and their strong gravitational …

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Gravitational wave detectors have detected a fusion of black holes of a magnitude never seen, which calls into question the theories on the formation of these mysterious objects.