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
- Mission Launches to Rescue Swift Observatory
- This Week's Sky at a Glance, July 3 – 12
- Cotton-Candy Exoplanets: Two for the Price of One!
- NASA Announces Four New Lunar Lander Missions for 2028
- July Podcast: Spotlight on Spica
- Vera C. Rubin Observatory Begins Its Long-Awaited All-Sky Survey
- Radio Astronomers Measure a Brighter Sky Than They Expected
S&T Night Sky News
- This Week's Sky at a Glance, July 3 – 12
- This Week's Sky at a Glance, June 26 – July 5
- This Week's Sky at a Glance, June 19 – 28
- See Venus Disappear in Broad Daylight on June 17th
- This Week's Sky at a Glance, June 12 – 21
- This Week's Sky at a Glance, June 5 – 14
- Chance of Aurora Extends to Friday Night, June 5th
Universe Today
- This Giant Planet Survived the Death of its Star
- An Extended Barrage of Asteroid Impacts Made Earth Too Hot to Form Continents
- A Supermassive Black Hole Gets Blamed for Quenching Star Formation
- The Quiet Conversation Between Muscle and Gravity, and What Happens When It Stops
- A Star’s Death Throes Involves a Lot of Kicking
NASA Breaking News
- NASA’s Artemis II Breaks Agency Streaming Record
- Good Morning, Earth!
- NASA’s Webb Reveals Stars Sparking to Life in Cosmic Celebration
- What’s Up: July 2026 Skywatching Tips from NASA
- NASA’s Chandra Examines Milky Way at Arms’ Length
- NASA Seeks Volunteers for New Yearlong Simulated Moon, Mars Mission
- LINK Spacecraft Set for Mission to Boost NASA’s Swift Observatory
Science Daily
- A strange LIGO signal could reveal the missing link behind dark matter
- 390 gravitational wave detections reveal hidden population of black holes
- The Milky Way’s weird gamma-ray glow may be dark matter after all
- Millions of exploding stars could soon reveal dark energy's secrets
- James Webb uncovers exotic salt clouds on a mysterious pink world
- A rare supernova peeled back a star’s layers and revealed a hidden secret
- Astronomers found two rare super puff planets lighter than cotton candy








