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 16 – 25
- A Cloud Forms Spontaneously Over a Mountain on Mars — Here’s Why
- Rise Early on October 22nd for the Orionid Meteor Shower
- NASA Initiative to Study the Moon's Environment
- The Sun Has a New Life Expectancy, and It’s a Billion Times Shorter
- This Week's Sky at a Glance, October 9 – 18
- Meet the Star Cluster That Defies Conventions
S&T Night Sky News
- This Week's Sky at a Glance, October 16 – 25
- Rise Early on October 22nd for the Orionid Meteor Shower
- 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
NASA Breaking News
- NASA’s Hubble Spies Spiral’s Edge
- APOD: 2026 October 16 – Chasing the International Space Station
- Isaias Dims the Gulf Coast
- NASA to Help Unlock Mysteries of Mars’ Moons in Upcoming Mission
- NASA Satellites Observe Historic 2026 El Niño
- Power Up: Roll Out Solar Arrays Boost Space Station Power Supply
- NASA to Conduct Low-Altitude Flights Over Texas Farmland
Science Daily
- Astronomers discover a strange universal rule behind black hole eruptions
- Scientists may have finally solved the mystery of the Moon’s two faces
- A planet 320 light-years away confirms what scientists long suspected
- James Webb reveals a massive cosmic structure that challenges our understanding of the Universe
- Europe's new Sentinel-3C satellite just sent back spectacular images of Earth
- NASA spots a giant patch of Moon-like rock on Earth
- MIT astronomers catch a star in a feast that could last billions of years








