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    <Title>Astronomy Game Night Before Spring Break</Title>
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          🗓 Date: Wednesday, March 11<br>
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    <Title>Mars Rover Movie Night: Celebrating Perseverance</Title>
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          <p>Come learn about the science, challenges, and discoveries that have shaped our understanding of the Red Planet.</p>
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          <p>📍 Physics 401<br>
          🗓 Wednesday<br>
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          <p>Bring a friend and join us for a fun and space-filled evening!</p>
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    <Summary>Keeping with our Mars theme and celebrating the anniversary of NASA's Perseverance Rover landing, we'll be watching one or two short documentaries about the incredible Mars Rover missions! 🚀🔴...</Summary>
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    <Title>Astronomy Club Kickoff Meeting!</Title>
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          <p>We're officially moving meetings to Wednesdays at 7 PM this semester.</p><p>
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  <Title>100th Observatory Open House Surprise!</Title>
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    <div class="html-content">The UMBC Observatory has been hosting open houses since 2013, and in honor of our 100th event - we've prepared some merch for you all.<br><br>We will be giving out monogrammed drinking glasses for all that attend tonight's event!<div><br></div><div>We hope to see you all tonight for some cake, snacks, and an exciting discussion about Trans-Neptunian Objects!<br><br><div><br></div></div></div>
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    <Title>Incorrect August Open House Date</Title>
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          <div class="html-content">Hello all.<br>The MyUMBC event posting for this month's open house incorrectly states that it is happening this evening. We are working on getting this corrected, and apologize for any confusion this may have caused!<br><br>The correct date is next Thursday, August 14. We are very excited to have you all with us for our 100th Open House - where we will indeed be discussing trans-neptunian objects!<br></div>
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    <Title>March 13 Open House Cancelled</Title>
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    <Summary>Due to events that occured around campus today, the March 13 Open House is cancelled.</Summary>
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  <Title>Wednesday Night's Blue Super Moon</Title>
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