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
- 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
- October Podcast: Saturn is a “Star”
- Did Venus Swallow Its Moon?
- Rejected: Spain’s Proposal to Build the Thirty Meter Telescope on La Palma
S&T Night Sky News
- 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
- Second Bright Supernova in Spiral Galaxy NGC 7331 in a Year
Universe Today
- NASA Selects GIMLI to Search the Marius Lunar Pit for a Potential Lunar Base Site
- New Study Shows That Earth and Mars Had Different Origins
- Thousands of Black Holes Could Be Lurking in Our Backyard—and You Can Help Find Them
- Wandering Black Holes May Hold Clues to the Evolution of the Universe
- Galaxy Evolution Can be Affected by Black Hole Jets
NASA Breaking News
- APOD: 2026 October 8 – The Saturn System Smörgåsbord
- Fighting Drought in Texas Cotton Country
- NASA Sets Coverage for SpaceX 35th Station Resupply Launch, Arrival
- NASA’s SpaceX 35th Commercial Resupply Mission Overview
- NASA’s PRIMA Spacecraft (Artist’s Concept)
- NASA’s Curiosity Looks Back After Reaching Elevation Milestone
- NASA’s Curiosity Captures Dawn Breaking on Wind-Carved Cliffs
Science Daily
- NASA’s Webb finds signs of Mars-sized worlds smashing together
- Webb finds a surprising atmosphere on a scorching lava world
- Earth’s center is moving, and NASA just measured it
- Don't miss: Watch Saturn shine and Halley’s Comet debris streak across the sky
- This mysterious hole on the Moon may open into a giant cave
- A meteor hit Oklahoma 100 million years later than scientists thought
- Scientists find a surprising clue to why the universe’s expansion doesn’t add up








