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The Nature Index 2015 Global ranks UMD No. 54 among the world's most productive scientific research institutions.

Deep Impact and its subsequent investigations transformed our understanding of comets.

A new study in the journal Nature is the first to reveal fascinating details about the orbital and rotational patterns of Pluto and its five known moons.

Melissa Kenney, a research assistant professor in the Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, guided the vision and development of the indicators system.

New study sheds light on end stages of mysterious gravitational dance.

Science—whether physics, biology, chemistry or mathematics—is for everyone. Learn and explore this year at 35 CMNS Maryland Day events.

A new study shows that a supermassive black hole removes massive quantities of star-making gas from its host galaxy, thus influencing the galaxy’s size, shape and overall fate.

Crowdfunding campaign aims to bring all-sky cameras to the University of Maryland Observatory and Montgomery College Observatory.

New study quantifies the connection between Earth's largest temperate desert and its largest tropical rainforest

Special issue of Science reveals details about shape, evolution and lifespan of comet 67P-Churyumov/Gerasimenko.

With the help of citizen scientists, a team that includes UMD astronomers has found an important new example of a very rare type of galaxy that may yield valuable insight on how galaxies developed in the early universe.

An unusual source of light in a galaxy some 90 million light-years away has been discovered by an international team that includes UMD astronomy researchers and an alumnus.