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AXIS and PRIMA

Two UMD Astronomy Space Probes Advance to Next Round of $1 Billion NASA Mission Selection

03 Oct 24

A view of the Cosmic Gems arc compared to a wide-field view of many galaxies against a black background

UMD Astronomers Help Discover Compact Star Clusters in Distant, Infant Galaxy

25 Jun 24

M82

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope Captures Images of Galaxy M82’s Glowing Core and Galactic Wind

02 Apr 24

Benedikt Diemer

UMD Astrophysicist Benedikt Diemer Receives National Science Foundation CAREER Award

07 Mar 24

Astronomers Discover Supernova Explosion Through Rare ‘Cosmic Magnifying Glasses’

12 Jun 23

Tidal Disruption Event (TDE)

Rare Sighting of Luminous Jet Spewed by Supermassive Black Hole

28 Nov 22

A wide view of an extremely red quasar

James Webb Space Telescope Uncovers Massive Galaxy Cluster Surrounding a Powerful Red Quasar

20 Oct 22

Short GRB

UMD Scientists Help Uncover Origins of Castaway Gamma-ray Bursts

26 Jul 22

Andrew Harris Reappointed as Chair of UMD’s Department of Astronomy for Five-year Term

30 Jun 22

Richard Mushotzky Awarded 2022 Henry Norris Russell Lectureship by American Astronomical Society

24 Feb 22

UMD Astronomers Honored with American Astronomical Society High Energy Astrophysics Division Awards

08 Feb 22

Orbits superimposed on contours of mass density. Milky Way is at the center, near Virgo Cluster.

Astronomers Trace Galaxy Flows Across 700 Million Light-Years

04 Feb 22

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