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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

UMD Astronomer Helps Take a Closer Look at ‘Dinky’ Asteroid

28 Nov 23

Samantha Halstead Santez

Weathering Life’s Changes

14 Nov 23

Mars molten core

Scientists Discover Molten Layer Covering Martian Core

25 Oct 23

Christopher Reynolds

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

24 Jul 23

A view from Hubble Space Telescope shows a dazzling display of lights in the sky, including the afterglow of GRB 221009A

New Study Finds Unique Structure of the ‘BOAT’—Brightest Gamma-ray Burst of All Time

07 Jun 23

An illustration of NASA's Parker Solar Probe flying in front of the sun

New Study Identifies Mechanism Driving the Sun’s Fast Wind

07 Jun 23

An illustration of Comet Read

UMD Astronomer Leads Study that Finds Water, and a New Mystery, in Rare Main Belt Comet

15 May 23

An illustration of exoplanet GJ 1214b

Researchers Measure the Light Emitted by a Sub-Neptune Planet’s Atmosphere for the First Time

10 May 23

Mars interior

Scientists Detect Seismic Waves Traveling Through Martian Core for the First Time

24 Apr 23

Jacob Wenegrat

UMD Scientist Setting Sail on Pacific Ocean Expedition

06 Apr 23

A satellite image of Earth

Where Did Earth’s Water Come From? Not Melted Meteorites, According to Scientists

15 Mar 23

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