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Mars glacier

Geology Ph.D. Student Helps Discover Remains of a Martian Glacier

Hints of Water Ice Near Surface Helps Explain How Planet Was—and Still Might Be—Habitable

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Oil rig in a small dray canyon in North Dakota

Major North American Oil Source Yields Clues to One of Earth’s Deadliest Mass Extinctions

UMD Geologists Studying Shale Formation Discovered How Rising Seas Created a ‘Kill Mechanism’ 350 Million Years Ago

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spacecraft approaching asteroid

New DART Studies Confirm NASA Can Bump Asteroids Out of Collision Course With Earth

Maryland Astronomers Were Central to Planetary Defense Mission That Smashed Into Asteroid Moon Last Year

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UMD Students Win Fourth Place in Putnam Mathematical Competition

No. 1 Rank Among Public Institutions Adds Up to Best Performance Since 1980

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Enceladus

UMD-led Team’s Laser Device Can Help Detect Signs of Life on Other Planets

Miniature Analyzer May Revolutionize Astrobiology Discoveries

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diamondback rattlesnake

Biology Researchers Identify Protein That Counteracts Key Rattlesnake Venom Toxins

Discovery Could Lead to Better Treatments for Venomous Snake Bites

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tidal disruption event

Finding a New Spin on Supermassive Black Holes

UMD Researcher Leads Team That Made Rare Sighting of Luminous Flash After Star Is Torn Apart

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Street in Baltimore

Urban Trees Rooted in Redlining and Environmental Injustice, UMD-Led Research Finds

Neighborhood Street Trees in Baltimore Tell Tale of Historical Racial Discrimination and Modern Reparation, According to New Study

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Reconstruction of a hairy Neanderthal man

UMD Biologist Contributes to 2022 Nobel Prize in Medicine Research

Philip Johnson Played Key Role in Swedish Scientist’s Work on Neanderthal Genome

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monkeypox vaccine

Study: Delayed Intervention Makes Eliminating Monkeypox More Difficult

Waiting Until Cases Surge Again Gives Virus Chance to Become Increasingly Dangerous

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craters

New Craters Discovered on Mars by UMD Geologist and NASA Team

InSight Mission Captures Impacts, Offers New Knowledge of Planet’s Structure and Formation

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closeup of strawberries in boxes

Insight From an ‘Inside-out Fruit’

Strawberries’ External Seeds Helped UMD Researcher ID Mechanism for Fruit and Seed Development in Flowering Plants

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