‘Truly magnificent': Scientists pick up biggest ever merger of two massive black holes in space
It happened on the far edges of our galaxy - a violent collision... producing an extremely large black hole - about 225 times the mass of our Sun.
Laura Tchilinguirian spoke with Astrophysicist Dr Sara Webb from Swinburne University of Technology.
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‘Truly magnificent': Scientists pick up biggest ever merger of two massive black holes in space
Scientists have picked up the biggest ever merger of two massive black holes in Space. It happened on the far edges of our galaxy - a violent collision... producing an extremely large black hole - about 225 times the mass of our Sun. Laura Tchilinguirian spoke with Astrophysicist Dr Sara Webb from Swinburne University of Technology.
