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Michael Brown, Abba Gumel and Christopher Reynolds Named 2025 Distinguished University Professors

30 Jul 25

This diagram shows the trajectory of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS as it passes through the solar system. It will make its closest approach to the Sun in October.

Zwicky Transient Facility Nabs an Interstellar Visitor

11 Jul 25

Sasha Philippov

UMD Astrophysicist Sasha Philippov Awarded 2024 Sloan Research Fellowship

20 Feb 24

Christopher Reynolds

Black Hole Expert Christopher Reynolds Rejoins UMD’s Department of Astronomy

24 Jul 23

Zwicky Transient Facility Spots a Bumper Crop of Supernovae, Black Holes and more

07 Feb 19

Four New Gravitational Wave Events Detected from Black Hole Mergers

03 Dec 18

Astronomy’s Erin Kara Awarded Inaugural Neil Gehrels Prize Postdoctoral Fellowship

31 Oct 18

NASA’s Fermi Mission Energizes the Sky with Gamma-ray Constellations

18 Oct 18

Zwicky Transient Facility Sees "First Light"

13 Nov 17

Space Mission First to Observe Key Interaction Between Magnetic Fields of Earth and Sun

12 May 16

Astronomers Catch a Black Hole Shredding A Star to Pieces

21 Oct 15

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