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Two circles, each with many round blobs ranging from blue through green, yellow, and red, based on elevation of the crater. Each circle has a black line traveling from the edge (the pole location 4.25B years ago) to the center (present-day pole).

UMBC’s Viswanathan uses the Moon’s craters to track its shifting poles over 4.25 billion years

Oct 5, 2022 / 5 minutes of reading
A large humanmade structure in space, with the edge of Earth visible in the background.

UMBC’s Krizmanic, Cannady contribute to research that adds new wrinkle to understanding the origins of matter in the Milky Way

Jun 22, 2021 / 6 minutes of reading

UMBC to receive over $63 million in NASA renewal of CRESST II space science consortium

May 21, 2021 / 5 minutes of reading

UMBC’s Tom Barclay and NASA team discover Neptune-sized planet orbiting young, nearby star

Jun 24, 2020 / 4 minutes of reading

Team led by UMBC’s Mehdi Benna is the first to map a planet’s global wind patterns, and they weren’t Earth’s

Dec 12, 2019 / 5 minutes of reading
Spacecraft and planet

UMBC’s Sander Goossens determines structure of Mercury’s core as part of NASA team

Sep 12, 2019 / 4 minutes of reading

UMBC’s Amy Lien helps NASA unravel the mystery of an unusual blast from across the universe

Jan 22, 2019 / 4 minutes of reading

UMBC astronomer Kenji Hamaguchi confirms binary star system produces cosmic rays

Jul 16, 2018 / 3 minutes of reading

UMBC space scientist further confirms Einstein’s theory through new solar research

Jan 29, 2018 / 4 minutes of reading

GRIT-X talks showcase experiences of outstanding faculty and alumni “from outer space to inner space”

Oct 18, 2017 / 9 minutes of reading

UMBC dedicates new Earth and Space Institute, building on decades of NASA collaboration

Sep 19, 2017 / 4 minutes of reading
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