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Loudest Black Hole Merger Yet Confirms Einstein in Multi-Tone Ringdown Test

A peer-reviewed LIGO–Virgo–KAGRA study of GW250114 reports two measured ringdown tones and limits on a third, enabled by major gains in detector sensitivity.

LVK’s 2024 Black-Hole Mergers Now Tied to a Low-Mass, Fast-Spinning Subpopulation

New Framework Turns Black-Hole Shadows Into Tests of Gravity

Crystal-Clear GW250114 Validates Hawking’s Area Law, Confirms Kerr-Like Remnant

Astrophysicist Proposes Paperclip-Sized Probe to Test Black Hole Physics

LVK Confirms Record-Breaking 225-Solar-Mass Black Hole Merger