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The red dot in the center is the galaxy JADES GS-z13-1, which existed very early in the universe. The JWST observed the galaxy as it existed approximately 13.5 billion years ago, just 330 million years after the big bang.

A Cosmic Photographer: Decades of Work to Get the Perfect Shot

25 Sep 25

Zhanqing Li Awarded Verner E. Suomi Technology Medal from the American Meteorological Society

29 Aug 25

A computer-colored micrograph image of Vibrio bacteria.

Tracking Climate-Linked Pathogens Through DNA Science

25 Aug 25

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

30 Jul 25

Vice President for Research Gregory F. Ball addressing spectators at Innovate Maryland at the Hall CP.

AI With Rhythm: Brain-Inspired Tech Wins 2025 Invention of the Year Award

14 May 25

Parker Solar Probe in front of the sun

UMD Physicists Advance NASA’s Mission to ‘Touch the Sun’

12 Sep 24

Alan Jay Kaufman and Howard Milchberg Named 2024 Distinguished University Professors

07 Aug 24

Computer Science’s Dinesh Manocha and Chemistry & Biochemistry’s Lai-Xi Wang Elected to the National Academy of Inventors

12 Dec 23

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Distinguished University Professor Thomas Antonsen Honored by the American Physical Society

20 Sep 23

Chemistry & Biochemistry’s Lai-Xi Wang Named Distinguished University Professor

06 Sep 23

Is AI-Generated Content Actually Detectable?

30 May 23

albino western diamondback rattlesnake

UMD Researchers Identify Protein that Counteracts Key Rattlesnake Venom Toxins

13 Jan 23

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