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🔭 Anticrepuscular Rays over Sicily

Image Credit & Copyright: Marcella Giulia Pace

Text: Cecilia Chirenti (NASA GSFC, UMCP, CRESST II)

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A landscape with an open horizon shows sunset color and coverging rays of light.
June 25, 2026 at 8:10 AM
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🔭 The Ghosts of Five Supernovas

Image Credit & Copyright: Stephane Vetter, Yann Sainty

Text: Cecilia Chirenti (NASA GSFC, UMCP, CRESST II)

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September 24, 2026 at 8:10 AM
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🔭 Red Sun through Wildfire Smoke

Image Credit & Copyright: Debra Ceravolo

Text: Cecilia Chirenti (NASA GSFC, UMCP, CRESST II)

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A deep red sun shows several sunspots. Clouds and haze are visible.
July 30, 2026 at 8:10 AM
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Astronomy Picture Of the Day - APOD

Title: Rubin's COSMOS field
Date: 2026-08-07
Image by: NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory/NOIRLab/SLAC/AURA
Text:
Cecilia Chirenti
(NASA
GSFC,
UMCP,
CRESST II)

#APOD #NASA
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August 7, 2026 at 9:05 AM
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🔭 The Eclipse and the Stork

Image Credit & Copyright: Włodzimierz Bubak

Text: Cecilia Chirenti (NASA GSFC, UMCP, CRESST II)

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A sunset view of the solar eclipse, framed behind a stork standing on one leg in her nest.
September 3, 2026 at 8:11 AM
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🔭 Colorful Aurora over Icelandic Waterfall

Image Credit & Copyright: Victor Lima

Text: Cecilia Chirenti (NASA GSFC, UMCP, CRESST II)

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A night view of a waterfall with a colorful aurora in shades of green, yellow, red and purple, and stars in the background.
August 27, 2026 at 8:10 AM
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🔭 Waves on Titan

Video Credit: Una Schneck

Text: Cecilia Chirenti (NASA GSFC, UMCP, CRESST II)

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April 30, 2026 at 8:10 AM
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🔭 The Large Magellanic Cloud

Image Credit & Copyright: Monica Mesa

Text: Cecilia Chirenti (NASA GSFC, UMCP, CRESST II)

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A galaxy with stars and colorful clous of gas. The background is a dark field of stars.
July 23, 2026 at 8:11 AM
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Astronomy Picture Of the Day - APOD

Title: NGC 300: A Cosmic Gemstone with Stars and Gas Clouds
Date: 2026-07-16
Image by: Team Ciel Austral
Text:
Cecilia Chirenti
(NASA
GSFC,
UMCP,
CRESST II)

#APOD #NASA
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July 16, 2026 at 8:06 PM
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Astronomy Picture Of the Day - APOD

Title: NGC 300: A Cosmic Gemstone with Stars and Gas Clouds
Date: 2026-07-16
Image by: Team Ciel Austral
Text:
Cecilia Chirenti
(NASA
GSFC,
UMCP,
CRESST II)

#APOD #NASA
Image posted by astronomybot
July 16, 2026 at 9:06 AM
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University of Maryland (College Park) is not far past the DC city line. So close that many people in DC are UMCP fans.
September 30, 2026 at 3:28 AM
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🔭 Launch Plume: SpaceX Jellyfish

Image Credit & Copyright: Michael Seeley

Text: Cecilia Chirenti (NASA GSFC, UMCP, CRESST II)

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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launch produces a glowing cloud, reminiscent of a jellyfish. Please see the explanation for more detailed information.
March 19, 2026 at 8:10 AM
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🔭 South Celestial Tree

Image Credit & Copyright: Kiko Fairbairn

Text: Cecilia Chirenti (NASA GSFC, UMCP, CRESST II)

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A dead tree branch on the foreground appears to support a spinning wheel of stars on the night sky. Please see the explanation for more detailed information.
April 16, 2026 at 9:11 AM
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🔭 Supernova in a Sideways Spiral

Video Credit: Hunter Outten & Kaleb Jordan

Text: Cecilia Chirenti (NASA GSFC, UMCP, CRESST II)

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May 7, 2026 at 8:10 AM
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🔭 Webb and Hubble: IC 5332

Image Credit: ESA/Webb, NASA, CSA, J. Lee and the PHANGS-JWST and PHANGS-HST Teams

Text: Cecilia Chirenti (NASA GSFC, UMCP, CRESST II)

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February 26, 2026 at 8:10 AM
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🔭 A Treasure Chest in the Carina Nebula

Image Credit & Copyright: ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA, M. Reiter; Acknowledgement: M. H. Özsaraç

Text: Cecilia Chirenti (NASA GSFC, UMCP, CRESST II)

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A colorful nebula resembles an open treasure chest on a field of stars.
September 17, 2026 at 8:11 AM
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Astronomy Picture Of the Day - APOD

Title: The Large Magellanic Cloud
Date: 2026-07-23
Image by: Monica Mesa
Text:
Cecilia Chirenti
(NASA
GSFC,
UMCP,
CRESST II)

#APOD #NASA
Image posted by astronomybot
July 23, 2026 at 9:06 AM
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🔭 Swift Boost Mission

Image Credit: Katalyst Space

Text: Cecilia Chirenti (NASA GSFC, UMCP, CRESST II)

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July 8, 2026 at 8:10 AM
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🔭 LDN 1295: The Giraffe Nebula

Image Credit & Copyright: Alessandro Merga

Text: Cecilia Chirenti (NASA GSFC, UMCP, CRESST II)

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A brown nebula in the shape of a running giraffe is seen in front of a dark field of stars.
September 10, 2026 at 8:11 AM
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Astronomy Picture Of the Day - APOD

Title: The Ghosts of Five Supernovas
Date: 2026-09-24
Image by: Stephane Vetter, Yann Sainty
Text:
Cecilia Chirenti
(NASA
GSFC,
UMCP,
CRESST II)

#APOD #NASA
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September 24, 2026 at 9:05 AM
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The Eclipse and the Stork
Image Credit: Włodzimierz Bubak
Text:
Cecilia Chirenti
(NASA
GSFC,
UMCP,
CRESST II)
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September 3, 2026 at 6:30 AM
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🔭 Destruction of Comet C/2026 A1 (MAPS)

Video Credit: Brian Day, SOHO, SDO, JHelioviewer

Text: Cecilia Chirenti (NASA GSFC, UMCP, CRESST II)

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April 9, 2026 at 8:10 AM
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🔭 A Planetary Nebula with Cosmic Buckyballs

Image Credit: NASA/ESA/CSA/J. Cami (Western University); Image Processing: K. Beecroft

Text: Jan Cami (Western University) & Cecilia Chirenti (NASA GSFC, UMCP, CRESST II)

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A spherical nebula shows concentric rings of different colors over a dark background with a few stars.
June 4, 2026 at 8:10 AM
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Best consideration deadline, Friday Oct 10:

#SCIMaP (scienceimacts.org) seeks to hire a Research Communications and Media Outreach Specialist at U-Maryland to facilitate public engagement related to federal investment in science and health research.

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SCIMaP job opportunity - https://umd.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/UMCP/job/Research-Communications-and-Media-Outreach-Specialist_JR102577
October 8, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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🔭 The Mermaid Nebula Supernova Remnant

Image Credit & Copyright: Data acquisition: Sy Ming Wong; Processing: Guangyan Gao

Text: Cecilia Chirenti (NASA GSFC, UMCP, CRESST II)

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A delicate nebula in shades of blue and purple shines in front of a dark field of stars. The shape of the nebula resembles a mermaid.
June 11, 2026 at 8:11 AM