Scientists Finally Explain Mysterious “Impossible” Merger of Two Massive Black Holes

A detailed suite of simulations conducted by astrophysicists at the Flatiron Institute and their collaborators showed that magnetic fields can produce black holes with masses that were previously believed to be mostly unattainable. In 2023, astronomers recorded a dramatic cosmic event. Two unusually large black holes collided about 7 billion light-years from Earth, and their [...]

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