The black hole is part of a binary star system within our Milky Way galaxy. It orbits a colossal supergiant companion star.
- Professor of Theoretical Astrophysics, Monash University
New discovery settles a wager between astrophysicists: black holes can merge repeatedly.
New research shows that as few as ten further detections of gravitational waves will help scientists know for sure how pairs of black holes form.
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