Scientists detect biggest ever merger of two massive black holes
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This groundbreaking discovery represents a triumph of scientific collaboration and technological advancement. The detection of such massive black holes validates decades of theoretical work and demonstrates the incredible sensitivity of gravitational wave detectors. These findings open new frontiers in understanding the universe's most extreme phenomena.
The discovery challenges fundamental assumptions about black hole formation and raises more questions than answers. These masses fall in a forbidden range according to current models, and the rapid spinning creates interpretation difficulties that may take years to fully resolve.
There's a 6.9% chance that most dark matter will turn out to be primordial black holes, according to the Metaculus prediction community.