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GWTC-5.0, the gravitational-wave catalog released in 2026, shows signs that some merged black holes went on to collide again, producing a 'second generation.' SORABUMI breaks down what happened 700 million and 2.4 billion light-years away, and how spin patterns exposed a hierarchy of mergers.
JWST kept finding strange red dots in the early universe, dubbed 'Little Red Dots.' In June 2026, a spectrum of one such object, GLIMPSE-17775, revealed over 40 emission lines and 16 iron absorption lines — proof it isn't a galaxy at all, but a black hole wrapped in gas. From space media outlet SORABUMI.
Galaxy clusters — the most massive objects in the universe — may contain roughly twice the baryonic mass astronomers have long assumed. The culprit is something no one bothered counting seriously: the accumulated remains of dead stars.