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
- Next Up! A Deep Partial Lunar Eclipse on Aug. 27–28
- Spying on a Split Comet
- California Teen Wins 2026 National Young Astronomer Award
- This Week's Sky at a Glance, August 14 – 23
- Did You See the Solar Eclipse? Here’s What We Saw, from Around the World
- A Perfectly Timed Perseid Meteor Shower
- The Helix Nebula is Hurling Clumps of Gas through Space
S&T Night Sky News
- Next Up! A Deep Partial Lunar Eclipse on Aug. 27–28
- This Week's Sky at a Glance, August 14 – 23
- Did You See the Solar Eclipse? Here’s What We Saw, from Around the World
- A Perfectly Timed Perseid Meteor Shower
- Rare Total Solar Eclipse-Perseid Meteor Shower Double-Header August 12th
- Where to See the August 12th Solar Eclipse Online
- This Week's Sky at a Glance, August 7 – 16
Universe Today
- Webb Captures the Treasure Chest at the Heart of the Carina Nebula
- Pluto Planetary Science is the Gift that Keeps on Giving
- The Fastest Star in the Milky Way Will Test Relativity
- Interstellar Travel IV: Solar, Magnetic, & Directed-Energy Sails
- Are Mega-Constellations Sleepwalking Low Earth Orbit into Runaway Chaos?
NASA Breaking News
- NASA TechLeap Prize: Orbital Clarity Challenge
- NASA Updates Next Steps for Commercial Swift Boost Mission
- Human-Related Microbes May Survive Moon’s South Pole, NASA Finds
- Ancient Milky Way Merger
- NASA Establishes State Hubs to Grow Technical Aerospace Workforce
- Career Spotlight: Mechanic (Ages 14-18)
- Behind the Lens: Meet NASA Johnson’s Photographers
Science Daily
- Scientists may have finally proved that “empty” space isn’t really empty
- Einstein’s biggest “mistake” came back — and changed cosmology forever
- Webb’s mysterious little red dots may be hiding entire galaxies
- A black hole shredded a “super sun” — but something strange may have survived
- Neptune’s tiny moons may be the wreckage of shattered ancient worlds
- A massive new cosmic map is revealing black holes, rare stars, and hidden gas
- NASA’s Perseverance rover watches Earth vanish from the surface of Mars








