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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

white dwarf system

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

12 Oct 21

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

05 Sep 21

Comet ATLAS May Have Been a Blast from the Past

19 Aug 21

UMD-led Study Reveals a ‘Fizzled’ Gamma-ray Burst

26 Jul 21

Surprises from Mars: Red Planet has Larger Core and Less Dense Crust than Expected

23 Jul 21

Mercury

Why Does Mercury Have Such a Big Iron Core? Magnetism!

01 Jul 21

Triple Merger

Triple Galaxy Merger Sends Mixed Signals

07 Jun 21

First Clear View of a Boiling Cauldron Where Stars are Born

12 May 21

UMD-led Center for Research and Exploration in Space Science & Technology Signs $178M Cooperative Agreement to Continue Partnership with NASA Through 2027

11 May 21

NASA’s NICER Probes the ‘Squeezability’ of Neutron Stars

19 Apr 21

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