The Lensing Loophole: How a Cosmic Optical Illusion Challenges Our Understanding of Black Hole Mergers The recent discovery of the black hole merger GW231123 sent shockwaves through the astrophysics community.
With masses exceeding 225 times that of our Sun, this event defied existing models and left astronomers scrambling to explain how such a behemoth could form without violating fundamental laws of physics.
However, a new study suggests that the mystery may not be about breaking rules, but rather about seeing what's really there.