GW241124_024914
Gravitational-wave source · GWTC-5.0
A black hole of about 67 solar masses, formed on 2024-11-24 when two black holes of roughly 42 and 26 solar masses spiralled together 14.7 billion light-years away. LIGO and Virgo felt the collision as ripples in spacetime.
Computed render67.0 ☉
mass (the Sun = 1)
198 km
event-horizon radius (computed)
14.7 billion ly
from Earth
42+26 ☉
the two that merged
The two black holes that merged were about 42 (30–74) and 26 (15–37) solar masses. The remnant is 67 (52–93) 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 198 km in radius. The waves we detected had been travelling for 14.7 billion years before they reached us.
Black holes of similar mass
GW230825_041334Gravitational-wave source67.0 ☉GW190731_140936Gravitational-wave source67.4 ☉GW190503_185404Gravitational-wave source66.5 ☉GW190514_065416Gravitational-wave source66.4 ☉GW231129_081745Gravitational-wave source66.0 ☉GW250109_074552Gravitational-wave source65.9 ☉
Source: Gravitational-Wave Open Science Center (GWTC-5.0), LIGO Virgo KAGRA. CC BY 4.0. See data & analysis for full sourcing.