Astronomy
UMD-Led Astronomy Team Shows Off Stunning Capabilities of NASA’s Most Powerful Space Telescope
Researchers Probed ‘Starburst Galaxy’ to Understand Conditions That Foster Stellar Birth
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UMD Astronomer Helps NASA Launch Tiny Satellite to Study Powerful Cosmic Explosions
BurstCube to Detect Gamma-Ray Bursts Given Off After Neutron Star Collisions
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Take This Class: It’s a Bird! It’s a Plane! It’s—the End of Humanity?
Students Learn Science and Skills With ‘Deep Impact’ in Asteroid Collision Course
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Astronomer Helps Take a Closer Look at ‘Dinky’ Asteroid
NASA’s Lucy Mission, Named for Fossilized Human Ancestor, Searches for Origin of Planets
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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-led Team’s Laser Device Can Help Detect Signs of Life on Other Planets
Miniature Analyzer May Revolutionize Astrobiology Discoveries
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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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From ‘Sesame Street’ to the Stars Above
Alum Brings Breathtaking Images From James Webb Space Telescope to the Public
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UMD Astronomer Helps Uncover Clues to Formation of Universe’s Early Galaxies
Quasar Discovery Takes Advantage of Webb Space Telescope’s Infrared Sensitivity
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UMD Researchers Help Launch a Planetary Defense
Astronomers, Engineers Were Key to NASA DART Mission That ‘Smacked’ Asteroid
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UMD Astronomers Part of Webb Telescope Team That Found First Evidence of Carbon Dioxide in Exoplanet Atmosphere
Discovery on Gas Giant Wasp-39 b Bodes Well for Search for Rocky Earth-like Planets Orbiting Other Stars
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