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A wide view of an extremely red quasar

James Webb Space Telescope Uncovers Massive Galaxy Cluster Surrounding a Powerful Red Quasar

20 Oct 22

Illustration of WASP-39 b

NASA’s Webb Telescope Detects First Evidence of Carbon Dioxide in Exoplanet Atmosphere

25 Aug 22

Short GRB

UMD Scientists Help Uncover Origins of Castaway Gamma-ray Bursts

26 Jul 22

UMD Astronomers on Team Selected by NASA for Moon Exploration Mission

22 Jun 22

Isaiah Holt

Supernova Ph.D. Student Selected for NASA Pathways

18 Apr 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

Sarah Eno and Leslie Pick Elected Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science

26 Jan 22

New Study Shows the Largest Comet Ever Observed was Active at Near-Record Distance

18 Nov 21

$32.5M Cooperative Agreement Between NASA and UMD Expands Public Access to Data on Comets, Asteroids and Other Small Bodies

16 Nov 21

New Discovery Offers a Glimpse of Our Solar System’s Potential Fate when the Sun Dies

12 Oct 21

James Carr. Courtesy of same.

Taking Satellite Technology--and Physics--to New Heights

05 Sep 21

Comet ATLAS May Have Been a Blast from the Past

19 Aug 21

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