At 225 solar masses, this gargantuan merger of two black holes challenges our thinking on these famously elusive objects.

To date, the collaboration has detected dozens of merger events since its first Nobel Prize-winning discovery. Early detected mergers involved either two black holes or two neutron stars. In 2021, ...

Astronomers have made a historic breakthrough: for the first time, a black hole has been observed consuming a neutron star,an event so powerful it sent ripples through the very fabric of space-time.

Actinide-Boosting 𝑟 Process in Black-Hole–Neutron-Star Merger Ejecta Journal: Physical Review Letters Published: 2024-12-09 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.133.241201 Affiliations: 5 Authors: 6 Go ...