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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

Laurent Montési

Geology’s Laurent Montési Awarded Fulbright Scholarship to Study Tectonics in Norway

08 May 23

Mars interior

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

24 Apr 23

A satellite image of Earth

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

15 Mar 23

New NASA DART Data Prove Viability of Asteroid Deflection as Planetary Defense Strategy

01 Mar 23

Two UMD Faculty Members Receive 2023 Sloan Research Fellowships

15 Feb 23

Associate Professor Nick Schmerr, left, with pilot Troy McKerral, behind a GPS station with a solar panel, recording unit, and antenna. The bamboo pole helps the retrieval team find the equipment, since the ice shelf can move a meter per day.

Research at the Frozen End of the Earth

02 Feb 23

Orbitrap Cell

New Small Laser Device Can Help Detect Signs of Life on Other Planets

16 Jan 23

Astronauts imaged the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory during its deployment from space shuttle Atlantis in April 1991.

NASA’s Retired Compton Mission Reveals Superheavy Neutron Stars

09 Jan 23

Tidal Disruption Event (TDE)

Rare Sighting of Luminous Jet Spewed by Supermassive Black Hole

28 Nov 22

Mars InSight

Surface Waves Help Map Mars Interior

27 Oct 22

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