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The Most Massive Black Hole Merger Ever Seen Was So Rare, It Seemed Impossible. Now, Astrophysicists May Finally Have an Explanation

Earlier this year, researchers reported the most massive black hole merger ever detected. But the event was so unusual that ...

Black hole mergers could give rise to observable gravitational-wave tails

Black holes, regions of spacetime in which gravity is so strong that nothing can escape, are intriguing and extensively ...