On 28 October 2025, the LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA Collaboration announced the discovery of two binary black holes observed during the fourth observing run. Both systems have rapid and precisely-measured spins for the primary (the larger black hole in the pair), have unequal mass ratios, and show spin-orbit misalignment. This suggests that the primary in these two systems was itself formed from an earlier binary coalescence in a dense stellar environment.

Publications & Documentation
- Publication: GW241011 and GW241110: Exploring Binary Formation and Fundamental Physics with Asymmetric, High-Spin Black Hole Coalescences (in-press). [pdf download]
- News Release
- Science Summary [pdf flyer]
- Factsheet for GW241011 and GW241110
- Data release for GW241110/GW241011 (Gravitational Wave Open Science Center/GWOSC).
- See the main ligo.org detection page for further resources.


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