GW230814_061920
Gravitational-wave source · GWTC-4.1
A black hole of about 106 solar masses, formed on 2023-08-14 when two black holes of roughly 69 and 42 solar masses spiralled together 13.0 billion light-years away. LIGO and Virgo felt the collision as ripples in spacetime.
Computed render106 ☉
mass (the Sun = 1)
313 km
event-horizon radius (computed)
13.0 billion ly
from Earth
69+42 ☉
the two that merged
The two black holes that merged were about 69 (51–89) and 42 (26–59) solar masses. The remnant is 106 (86–130) 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 313 km in radius. The waves we detected had been travelling for 13.0 billion years before they reached us.
Black holes of similar mass
GW191109_010717Gravitational-wave source107 ☉GW190706_222641Gravitational-wave source107 ☉GW240824_205609Gravitational-wave source103 ☉GW190403_051519Gravitational-wave source102 ☉GW230819_171910Gravitational-wave source102 ☉GW230601_224134Gravitational-wave source102 ☉
Source: Gravitational-Wave Open Science Center (GWTC-4.1), LIGO Virgo KAGRA. CC BY 4.0. See data & analysis for full sourcing.