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The LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA Collaboration detected two record-breaking black hole merger events in 2024, revealing black holes with unusual spins and suggesting hierarchical mergers, providing new insights into black hole formation, testing Einstein's relativity, and constraining hypothetical particles beyond the standard model.
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has discovered the farthest gravitational lens ever, showcasing the bending and magnification of light caused by the presence of massive objects in space. The lensing system, located 17 billion light-years away, consists of a compact, massive galaxy acting as the lens and a more distant galaxy whose light is stretched into a ring-like shape. This discovery demonstrates the unique capabilities of JWST in observing distant galaxies and studying the effects of Einstein's theory of general relativity in action.