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July 12, 2021 at 9:50 am

Hicks in Dispatch: We can learn a lot from celestial collision almost no one saw

Dr. Kenneth Hicks, portrait

Dr. Kenneth Hicks

Dr. Kenneth Hicks wrote a column for the Columbus Dispatch headlined “Astronomy: We can learn a lot from celestial collision almost no one saw.”

In January 2020, there were fireworks in the sky, but almost no one on Earth noticed

The cosmic fireworks were considerable, from a collision of a black hole and a neutron star, but only detected by the most-sensitive listening devices on our planet. …

Read his column in the Dispatch.

Hicks is professor of Physics & Astronomy at Ohio University.

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