Morgan MacLeod

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.

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.

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.