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
- 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
- October Podcast: Saturn is a “Star”
- Did Venus Swallow Its Moon?
- Rejected: Spain’s Proposal to Build the Thirty Meter Telescope on La Palma
- Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer Makes Penultimate Earth Flyby
S&T Night Sky News
- 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
- 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
Universe Today
- Thousands of Black Holes Could Be Lurking in Our Backyard—and You Can Help Find Them
- Wandering Black Holes May Hold Clues to the Evolution of the Universe
- Galaxy Evolution Can be Affected by Black Hole Jets
- To Keep GPS Constellations From Drifting, Look To The Moon
- A Buried Volcano on the Moon Hints At An Ancient Lunar Dynamo
NASA Breaking News
- APOD: 2026 October 7 – Supernova Remnant Pa 30
- Arctic Sea Ice Shrinks to Its 2026 Minimum
- NASA to Cover Northrop Grumman CRS-24 Spacecraft Departure
- October 2026 Satellite Puzzler
- Lunar Grounding Challenge
- NASA Glenn Invites Phase 1 Proposals for Aerospace Power Systems Laboratory
- Astronomers Solve Cosmic Cold Case with NASA Hubble Data
Science Daily
- Don't miss: Watch Saturn shine and Halley’s Comet debris streak across the sky
- This mysterious hole on the Moon may open into a giant cave
- A meteor hit Oklahoma 100 million years later than scientists thought
- Scientists find a surprising clue to why the universe’s expansion doesn’t add up
- ESA’s Juice just used Earth as a slingshot to Jupiter
- Chang’e-6 lunar soil contains a surprising magnetic time capsule
- Powerful simulations reveal how the first stars changed the universe








