Twin black hole collisions put Einstein’s general relativity to its most extreme test

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In late 2024, two black hole collisions were detected by the LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA Collaboration, reshaping scientists' understanding of cosmic events and confirming predictions from Einstein's general theory of relativity with unprecedented precision. The first event, GW241011 on October 11, involved a 26-solar-mass black hole spinning at an unusually high rate merging with a 6-solar-mass companion about 700 million light years away. A month later, GW241110 was observed, featuring two black holes weighing approximately 17 and 8 solar masses, with the larger one spinning in the opposite direction of its orbit, marking the first such observation. These detections offer insights into black hole formation and evolution while serving as laboratories for testing fundamental physics laws.

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Carl-Johan Haster ×240% The Astrophysical Journal Letters 50% University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) 50% LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA Collaboration 60% Albert Einstein ×270%

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general relativity 100% black hole collisions 100% gravitational waves 90% ligo-virgo-kagra collaboration 80% black hole spin patterns 70% cosmic events 60% astrophysical discovery 50% unusual black holes 50% fundamental laws of physics 40% new particles 40%

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