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As 2019 comes to a close, revisit our most-read stories of the year and discover some that you may have missed.

Data from NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) reveal start-to-finish sequence of an outburst from comet 46P/Wirtanen.

Zwicky Transient Facility observations reveal surprising transformations from sleepy LINER galaxies to blazing quasars within months.

UMD-led team re-examined data from a 2016 gamma-ray burst and found a signature that perfectly matches a gold- and platinum-producing explosion observed by LIGO in 2017.

UMD astronomer contributes to discovery of first known exoplanet hot enough for heavy elements to evaporate and escape its atmosphere.

The UMD student experiment will test how well bacteria can grow on different surfaces in microgravity aboard the International Space Station.

Congratulations to the almost 2,500 Spring 2019 semester Dean's List awardees from the University of Maryland College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences.

UMD team is one of eight selected to participate in NASA’s SSERVI program.

New analysis, co-led by UMD astronomer, suggests a natural origin for our first interstellar visitor.

They will be recognized during the university’s annual Convocation ceremony in the fall.

New Cooperative Institute for Satellite Earth System Studies will expand UMD’s role as a national leader in this field.

The awards will enable four students to study or conduct research in Scotland, at Columbia University and at the University of Maryland.