Using gravitational wave data, researchers identified two populations of Black holes: smaller ones formed from collapsing stars and heavier ones created through repeated mergers in dense star clusters.

The findings support the existence of a black hole “mass gap” and reveal how chaotic collisions shape the largest black holes in the universe.

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