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, September 25 – October 2
- NASA Selects Far-Infrared Mission PRIMA to Survey the Cool Universe
- How Can a Puny Star Make a Giant Planet?
- Astronomers Have Spotted the Youngest Planet Yet
- Stunning Panorama Reveals Tiniest Brown Dwarfs Yet
- Royal Observatory Greenwich and ZWO Present the Astronomy Photographer of the Year
- This Week's Sky at a Glance, September 18 – 27
S&T Night Sky News
- 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
- This Week's Sky at a Glance, September 11 – 20
- This Week's Sky at a Glance, September 4 – 13
- Tuesday's Daytime Jupiter Occultation a Warm-Up for the "Big One"
Universe Today
- JWST Finds Dynamic Structural Evolution in Chariklo’s Rings
- Carbon Rocks Deep Underground Could Hold the Evidence of Mars' Watery Past.
- Astronomers Find a Sub-Neptune Orbiting Completely Backward Around a Red Dwarf
- Perseverance Reveals How Complex Water Systems Shaped the Jezero Crater on Early Mars
- Swiss Engineers Just Designed a Better 'Shock Absorber' for Spacecraft
NASA Image of the Day
- Hubble Spots Chaotic Secret in Galaxy
- Practicing for Safe Landings on the Moon and Beyond
- NASA's Hubble Telescope Reaches Milestone, Looks for Elusive Supernova
- NASA's Chandra Finds Unusual Objects in Pinwheel Galaxy
- NASA Astronaut Reid Wiseman Attends Ravens vs. Saints Game
- COSI Telescope Comes Together
- NASA Unveils Enterprise, the First Space Shuttle
NASA Breaking News
- APOD: 2026 September 27 – Andromeda Before and After Photoshop
- APOD: 2026 September 26 – Mirrored Meteor and Milky Way
- NASA, Boeing to Provide Update on Starliner Development
- NASA Welcomes San Marino Signing the Artemis Accords
- NASA Tests Dual Mode Propulsion CubeSat Ahead of Launch
- 2026-2027 DWU: Middle School Design Challenge
- 2026-2027 DWU: High School Engineering Challenge
Science Daily
- Two astronauts who flew farther than anyone before are taking new NASA roles
- The secret to growing food on Mars could be fungi
- “We found something never seen before” – A dead star is producing a shock wave that shouldn’t exist
- Ancient meteorites reveal a powerful force that helped build the Solar System
- “We just need to go back” – Uranus’ moon Ariel may have hidden a 100-mile-deep ocean
- These massive stars could explain Webb’s strangest galaxies
- First stellar stream beyond the Milky Way could reveal dark matter








