@stargazersmith@social.linux.pizza
Stargeezer, retired. Worked in computer science, aerospace engineering, and astronomy.
Our two sons keep me engaged on microprocessor projects and astronomy discussions.
Currently participating with spouse of 50+ years in spoiling kindergarten granddaughter. Making progress.
Interests:
Most massive merger to date detected… For my and nerd followers I’m sure this is a big deal.
"This is the most massive black hole binary we've observed through gravitational waves, and it presents a real challenge to our understanding of black hole formation," says Mark Hannam of Cardiff University and a member of the LVK Collaboration. "Black holes this massive are forbidden through standard stellar evolution models. One possibility is that the two black holes in this binary formed through earlier mergers of smaller black holes."
https://www.caltech.edu/about/news/ligo-detects-most-massive-black-hole-merger-to-date
