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Astronomy

BurstCube satellite rendering

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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Professor talks with students in class

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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Asteroid and moon

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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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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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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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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Alex Lockwood gives TedX talk

From ‘Sesame Street’ to the Stars Above

Alum Brings Breathtaking Images From James Webb Space Telescope to the Public

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quasar

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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final images from the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) as it smashes into the asteroid Dimorphos

UMD Researchers Help Launch a Planetary Defense

Astronomers, Engineers Were Key to NASA DART Mission That ‘Smacked’ Asteroid

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WASP-39 b planet illustration

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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galaxy movement map

Expanding Universe of Knowledge

Astronomers Create New Map of Galaxy Motions, Past and Future

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outer space

$32.5M NASA Funding Agreement Supports Study of Comets, Asteroids and Meteorites

UMD Astronomers to Expand and Upgrade Database of Small Space Objects

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