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Rosetta’s Onboard Camera Spots Philae Lander Drifting Across the Comet
UMD researchers part of team analyzing images showing the journey of the Rosetta spacecraft’s Philae lander as it approached and then rebounded from its first touchdown on Comet 67P.
UMD Astronomers to Analyze Surface of Comet as Spacecraft Drops Robotic Probe on It
University of Maryland astronomers Lori Feaga and Michael A’Hearn are co-investigators working with an instrument aboard Rosetta called Alice, an ultraviolet spectrograph.
Major Milestone in the Search for Water on Distant Planets
UMD astronomers find water vapor on the smallest planet yet.
Closest-ever Comet Orbiter Streams Data From Bi-lobed “Rubber Ducky”
UMD astronomers see comet’s surprising shape in far-ultraviolet light.
Fascinating Rhythm: Light Pulses Illuminate Rare Black Hole
UMD and NASA astronomers track an intermediate-mass black hole from syncopated flares of light.
Hubble Finds Three Surprisingly Dry Exoplanets
Astronomy's Drake Deming co-authored a paper detailing the highest-precision measurement of water in a planet outside the solar system.
Comet’s Brush With Mars Offers Opportunity, Not Danger
UMD astronomers study “fresh” comet’s first approach to the sun.
Unexpected patterns and connections fuel data-driven discoveries
UMD Undergraduates Discover Rare Eclipsing Double Asteroid
"Fantastic discovery" unveiled at American Astronomical Society meeting. Illustration: Loretta Kuo
“The era of neutrino astronomy has begun”
Ice Cube in Antarctica successfully tracks high-energy cosmic neutrinos. Photo: Felipe Pedreros, Ice Cube/NSF
UMD-Led Deep Impact Ends, Leaves Bright Comet Tale
Scientific team’s findings from spacecraft data transformed understanding of comets
It's official: Voyager 1 has gone beyond our solar system
New study confirms a UMD-led team's finding that Voyager is in interstellar space.