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Apr 16, 2024 | 
skyandtelescope.org | Sean Walker |Morgan MacLeod |Tony Flanders |Steve Murray
FEATURE ARTICLESIn Search of the NewIntrepid amateurs have found hundreds of uncataloged nebulae. You can get in on the action, too. By Sean WalkerWhen Stars CollideAstronomers have caught a handful of binary stars merging. Many stars may someday suffer the same dramatic fate. By Morgan MacLeodSeeking Star PairsCast your gaze skyward to admire some inspiring naked-eye stellar duos. By Tony FlandersA Faint Scattering of StarsWalter Baade’s dogged curiosity helped unveil a bigger and older universe.
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Sep 12, 2023 | 
nature.com | Morgan MacLeod |Abraham Loeb
Correction to: Nature Astronomy https://doi.org/10.1038/s41550-023-02036-3, published online 10 August 2023. In the version of this article initially published, in text and figure presentation, the described orientation of the star relative to the observer was incorrect by a sign-flip equivalent to 180°. Figs. 2, 3 and 6, Supplementary Fig. 4 and Supplementary Video 3 have been corrected to reorient the images. In the third paragraph of Discussion and in the Fig.
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Aug 10, 2023 | 
nature.com | Morgan MacLeod |Abraham Loeb
AbstractMassive astrophysical compact halo object (MACHO) 80.7443.1718 is a high mass, eccentric binary system exhibiting the largest-known-amplitude tidally excited oscillations.
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May 13, 2023 | 
phys.org | Morgan MacLeod
For the first time, astronomers have captured images that show a star consuming one of its planets. The star, named ZTF SLRN-2020, is located in the Milky Way galaxy, in the constellation Aquila. As the star swallowed its planet, the star brightened to 100 times its normal level, allowing the 26-person team of astronomers I worked with to detect this event as it happened.
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May 12, 2023 | 
science.thewire.in | Morgan MacLeod
We Just Saw a Star Eat a Planet. An Astrophysicist Explains the Discovery.
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May 10, 2023 | 
caledonianrecord.com | Morgan MacLeod
By Morgan MacLeod, Postdoctoral Fellow in Theoretical Astrophysics, Harvard University For the first time, astronomers have captured images that show a star consuming one of its planets. The star, named ZTF SLRN-2020, is located in the Milky Way galaxy, in the constellation Aquila. As the star swallowed its planet, the star brightened to 100 times its normal level, allowing the 26-person team of astronomers I worked with to detect this event as it happened.
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May 10, 2023 | 
goskagit.com | Morgan MacLeod
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May 10, 2023 | 
tolerance.ca | Morgan MacLeod
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May 10, 2023 | 
chronicle-tribune.com | Morgan MacLeod
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May 10, 2023 | 
sfgate.com | Morgan MacLeod
Morgan MacLeod, Harvard UniversityMay 10, 2023 (The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Morgan MacLeod, Harvard University (THE CONVERSATION) For the first time, astronomers have captured images that show a star consuming one of its planets. The star, named ZTF SLRN-2020, is located in the Milky Way galaxy, in the constellation Aquila.
