GW241116_151753
Gravitational-wave source · GWTC-5.0
A black hole of about 95 solar masses, formed on 2024-11-16 when two black holes of roughly 70 and 24 solar masses spiralled together 18.6 billion light-years away. LIGO and Virgo felt the collision as ripples in spacetime.
Computed render95.0 ☉
mass (the Sun = 1)
281 km
event-horizon radius (computed)
18.6 billion ly
from Earth
70+24 ☉
the two that merged
The two black holes that merged were about 70 (42–127) and 24 (11–50) solar masses. The remnant is 95 (66–143) 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 281 km in radius. The waves we detected had been travelling for 18.6 billion years before they reached us.
Black holes of similar mass
GW231004_232346Gravitational-wave source96.0 ☉GW241225_082815Gravitational-wave source94.0 ☉GW231102_071736Gravitational-wave source98.0 ☉GW230820_212515Gravitational-wave source92.0 ☉GW230914_111401Gravitational-wave source91.2 ☉GW230708_230935Gravitational-wave source99.0 ☉
Source: Gravitational-Wave Open Science Center (GWTC-5.0), LIGO Virgo KAGRA. CC BY 4.0. See data & analysis for full sourcing.