Why Do Astronomy Outreach?
Zane Landers presented a talk at the January 2023 HAC meeting about why we should endeavor to support and participate in astronomy outreach events. The talk has been recorded and is available on YouTube.
Evening Stargazing: Tonight’s Sky and What’s Up?
The NASA Museum Alliance has provided some star gazing videos that may be of interest to our members. These are short videos that cover what is in the night sky for the current month.
S&T Astronomy News
- This Week's Sky at a Glance, October 9 – 18
- Meet the Star Cluster That Defies Conventions
- Fast Radio Burst Shatters Distance Record
- Neutrino Hunter Francis Halzen Wins Nobel Prize in Physics
- Rare Sight Ahead! Watch the Moon Occult Jupiter Early October 6th
- Saturn Flaunts its Rings at Opposition the Night of October 3–4
- This Week's Sky at a Glance, October 2 – 11
S&T Night Sky News
- This Week's Sky at a Glance, October 9 – 18
- Rare Sight Ahead! Watch the Moon Occult Jupiter Early October 6th
- Saturn Flaunts its Rings at Opposition the Night of October 3–4
- This Week's Sky at a Glance, October 2 – 11
- This Week's Sky at a Glance, September 25 – October 2
- This Week's Sky at a Glance, September 18 – 27
- Join the World in Observing the Moon on September 19th
Universe Today
- Honda Wants to Put a Robotic Lab Assistant on Future Commercial Space Stations
- The Preliminary Lunar Science Report for Artemis II is Out!
- Astronomers Detect Potential ‘Second Generation’ Planet Around Dying Stellar White Dwarf
- Stratospheric Balloon Telescope Peeks Above The Clouds At The Sun
- The Most Distant FRB Tells The Story Of Its Origin
NASA Breaking News
- APOD: 2026 October 11 – Ice Fishing for Cosmic Neutrinos
- NASA to Conduct Flyover, Engage NFL Fans at MetLife Stadium
- APOD: 2026 October 10 – Lunar Farside
- NASA Seeks US Industry Plans for Commercial Space Stations
- NASA Demonstrates Next-Generation Heat Shield Technologies
- Cosmic House of Mirrors
- APOD: 2026 October 9 – Stickney Crater
Science Daily
- MIT astronomers catch a star in a feast that could last billions of years
- Hubble Space Telescope may have found a planet born after its star died
- A 9-billion-year-old signal could help explain dark energy
- NASA astronauts splash down after 100 million miles in space
- October’s night sky is full of cosmic tricks and treats
- NASA is searching for hidden caves to build its first Moon base
- Einstein Probe reveals a hidden phase of neutron star collisions








