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Dr. Gagandeep Anand of the Space Telescope Science Institute received the 2026 Maryland Outstanding Young Scientist award in a ceremony on April 29 at the Maryland Science Center in Baltimore. The Maryland Academy of Sciences recognized him for groundbreaking research that aids in understanding the universe’s structure and evolution.

Photo credit: STScI; Background image credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Brant Robertson (UC Santa Cruz), Ben Johnson (CfA), Sandro Tacchella (Cambridge), Marcia Rieke (University of Arizona), Daniel Eisenstein (CfA)