An international team of physicists has detected the most massive black hole merger ever recorded, identified as event GW231123. The merger involved two black holes approximately 100 and 140 times the mass of the sun, resulting in a final black hole with a mass about 225 times that of the sun. This event, observed through gravitational waves, occurred roughly 10 billion light-years away and was detected by the LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA collaboration, which includes observatories in the United States, Italy, and Japan. The energy released during the merger is estimated to be around 3 × 10^48 joules, an amount of energy the sun would take about 200 trillion years to emit. This discovery challenges existing theoretical models of black hole formation, as the size and rapid spin of the resulting black hole suggest it may have formed from earlier black hole mergers. The findings push the boundaries of current astrophysical understanding and will be presented at upcoming international scientific conferences.
Des chercheurs ont détecté la fusion de deux trous noirs d’une taille inattendue. Le résultat dépasse largement ce que les modèles astrophysiques autorisent aujourd’hui. https://t.co/a8TBwui75F
How does a supermassive blackhole form? JWST found a POSSIBLE ANSWER The team proposes that the black hole formed there via the direct collapse of a gas cloud – a process that may explain some of the incredibly massive black holes Webb has found in the early universe. Image https://t.co/3mlWslLg6F
Scientists measure largest ever collision of two black holes https://t.co/bq2YYtPYkS https://t.co/iQRey76ErI