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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

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

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