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In June 2020, astronomers reported details of a compact binary merging, in the "mass gap" of cosmic collisions, of a first-ever 2.50–2.67 M ☉ "mystery object", either an extremely heavy neutron star (that was theorized not to exist) or a too-light black hole, with a 22.2–24.3 M ☉ black hole, that was detected as the gravitational wave GW190814.
The inferred fundamental properties, mass and spin, of the post-merger black hole were consistent with those of the two pre-merger black holes, following the predictions of general relativity. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] [ 9 ] This is the first test of general relativity in the very strong-field regime .
Known gravitational wave events come from the merger of two black holes (BH), two neutron stars (NS), or a black hole and a neutron star (BHNS). [ 9 ] [ 10 ] Some objects are in the mass gap between the largest predicted neutron star masses ( Tolman–Oppenheimer–Volkoff limit ) and the smallest known black holes.
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Supermassive black hole binaries, consisting of two black holes with masses of 10 5 –10 9 solar masses. Supermassive black holes are found at the centre of galaxies. When galaxies merge, it is expected that their central supermassive black holes merge too. [34] These are potentially the loudest gravitational-wave signals.
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GW190521 is a significant discovery due to the masses of the resulting large black hole and of one or both of the smaller constituent black holes. Stellar evolution theory predicts that a star cannot collapse itself into a black hole of more than about 65 M ☉, leaving a black hole mass gap above 65 M ☉. The 85 +21 −14 M ☉ [note 3] and ...
NASA released new sonifications of two black holes on May 4 to coincide with their Black Hole Week.The above video approximates noise from the black hole at the center of the Perseus galaxy ...