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Astrophysicists unveil glut of gravitational-wave detections

The latest bounty of 35 events features oddball black holes and a miniature neutron star.
  1. Davide Castelvecchi
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Gravitational-wave observatories have released their latest catalogue of cosmic collisions, bringing their total number of detections to 90. The new crop of 35 events includes one featuring the lightest neutron star ever seen, as well as two clashes involving surprisingly large black holes.

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doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-03089-y

References

  1. Abbott, R. et al. preprint at https://arxiv.org/abs/2111.03606 (2021).

  2. The LVK collaboration, preprint at https://arxiv.org/abs/2111.03634 (2021).

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