Richard O. McClintock

Richard O. McClintock was an American astronomer renowned for his work on black holes and X-ray binaries—systems where a black hole or neutron star pulls in material from a companion star. His research helped deepen understanding of how these extreme objects form and behave. McClintock contributed significantly to high-energy astrophysics, using observations from space-based telescopes, and his work has advanced knowledge of the universe's most energetic phenomena. His efforts have been influential in studying the nature of black holes and the dynamics of matter under intense gravitational forces.