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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

Benedikt Diemer

UMD Astrophysicist Benedikt Diemer Receives National Science Foundation CAREER Award

07 Mar 24

The entire sky in gamma rays with magenta circles illustrating the uncertainty in the direction from which more high-energy gamma rays than average seem to be arriving

NASA’s Fermi Detects Surprise Gamma-Ray Feature Beyond Our Galaxy

12 Jan 24

Astronomers Discover Supernova Explosion Through Rare ‘Cosmic Magnifying Glasses’

12 Jun 23

Two UMD Faculty Members Receive 2023 Sloan Research Fellowships

15 Feb 23

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

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

Mercury

Why Does Mercury Have Such a Big Iron Core? Magnetism!

01 Jul 21

Triple Merger

Triple Galaxy Merger Sends Mixed Signals

07 Jun 21

Astronomers Spot Distant Galaxy Group Driving Ancient Cosmic Makeover

06 Jan 20

Physics Professor Peter Shawhan Awarded 2018 Kirwan Faculty Research and Scholarship Prize

13 Sep 18

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