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Scientists Found a Black Hole That Shouldn’t Exist. Now Physics Has a Problem. (www.popularmechanics.com)

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[–] Tobberone@slrpnk.net 14 points 3 days ago

"shouldn't exist"? More like, "we don't know how they are formed (yet)".

I guess the issue would be that there shouldn't have been enough time to form two black holes that large and have them meet by collisions. So either black holes are more common than thought, or there are other ways for them to form.