GW241210_120900
Gravitational-wave source · GWTC-5.0
A black hole of about 62 solar masses, formed on 2024-12-10 when two black holes of roughly 40 and 24 solar masses spiralled together 11.7 billion light-years away. LIGO and Virgo felt the collision as ripples in spacetime.
Computed render62.0 ☉
mass (the Sun = 1)
183 km
event-horizon radius (computed)
11.7 billion ly
from Earth
40+24 ☉
the two that merged
The two black holes that merged were about 40 (29–55) and 24 (16–33) solar masses. The remnant is 62 (50–76) 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 183 km in radius. The waves we detected had been travelling for 11.7 billion years before they reached us.
Black holes of similar mass
GW190803_022701Gravitational-wave source62.1 ☉GW250109_010541Gravitational-wave source62.2 ☉GW240414_054515Gravitational-wave source62.2 ☉GW200219_094415Gravitational-wave source62.2 ☉GW200208_130117Gravitational-wave source62.5 ☉GW150914Gravitational-wave source61.5 ☉
Source: Gravitational-Wave Open Science Center (GWTC-5.0), LIGO Virgo KAGRA. CC BY 4.0. See data & analysis for full sourcing.