GW241110_124123
Gravitational-wave source · GWTC-5.0
A black hole of about 24 solar masses, formed on 2024-11-10 when two black holes of roughly 16 and 8 solar masses spiralled together 2.4 billion light-years away. LIGO and Virgo felt the collision as ripples in spacetime.
Computed render23.7 ☉
mass (the Sun = 1)
70 km
event-horizon radius (computed)
2.4 billion ly
from Earth
16+8 ☉
the two that merged
The two black holes that merged were about 16 (12–22) and 8 (6–10) solar masses. The remnant is 24 (22–27) solar masses. Values in parentheses are the 90% credible ranges from LIGO, Virgo and KAGRA (GWTC).
Its event horizon, the edge past which nothing returns, spans about 70 km in radius. The waves we detected had been travelling for 2.4 billion years before they reached us.
Black holes of similar mass
GW241011_233834Gravitational-wave source24.4 ☉GW240526_093944Gravitational-wave source22.1 ☉GW190814Gravitational-wave source25.7 ☉GW240530_012417Gravitational-wave source21.6 ☉GW230723_101834Gravitational-wave source26.4 ☉Cygnus X-1Stellar-mass21.2 ☉
Source: Gravitational-Wave Open Science Center (GWTC-5.0), LIGO Virgo KAGRA. CC BY 4.0. See data & analysis for full sourcing.