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
- A Chartreuse White Dwarf Shows Some Stars Really Are Green
- Japan Launches the Martian Moons Exploration Mission
- Webb and Spitzer Telescopes Explore the Planets That Never Were
- Chile’s Light-Pollution Standard Takes Full Effect
- 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
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
Universe Today
- How Flare Ribbons Reveal Hidden Solar Explosions on the Sun
- Webb Captures Stars in the Early Stages of Life in a Nearby Stellar Nursery
- There Should Be Black Holes in our Neighbourhood. Can We Find Them?
- A Stubborn Question Answered: New Research Reveals How the Milky Way's Disk Formed
- Neutrinos May Be The Key To Why We Are Surrounded By Matter
NASA Breaking News
- Faster to Science: A Letter to the Science Community
- NASA Conducts RS-25 Engine Test in Support of Future Artemis Missions
- NASA JPL Looks to Next 90 Years of Innovation, Exploration
- NASA to Conduct NCAA Flyover, Engage Fans at University of Alabama
- Tracks Along the Longest Drive on Another World
- Science on the Space Station with NASA Astronaut Jessica Watkins
- NASA’s CASALS Instrument Bridges Gaps in 3D Maps of Earth’s Surface
Science Daily
- A train was delayed by a solar storm. But something didn't add up.
- Astronauts’ hearts just passed a surprising test for Mars
- NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover just shattered the all-time off-world driving record
- Astronomers uncover new secrets of the Universe’s first five minutes
- NASA reveals 16 stunning galaxies hiding cosmic chaos
- NASA solves a strange mystery hidden inside asteroid Bennu’s boulders
- Astronomers discover a ghostly green star unlike any known before








