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LIGO detects most massive black hole merger to date

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360 points Eduard | 1 comments | 14 Jul 25 20:06 UTC | HN request time: 1.159s | source
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WrongOnInternet ◴[14 Jul 25 21:27 UTC] No.44565549[source]▶
> the 225-solar-mass black hole was created by the coalescence of black holes each approximately 100 and 140 times the mass of the Sun.

Does this mean that 15 solar masses were converted into energy? Because that's a LOT of energy.

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1. UltraSane ◴[14 Jul 25 23:31 UTC] No.44566469[source]▶
Yes. Black hole mergers are the highest energy events in the universe in terms of watts.