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, August 7 – 16
- Where to See the August 12th Solar Eclipse Online
- Science Campaigns Planned for the August 12th Total Solar Eclipse
- A Perfectly Timed Perseid Meteor Shower
- Inouye Solar Telescope Sees the Sun Closer Than Ever
- A New Way to Map the Universe's Missing Matter
- Meet the Constellations: Delphinus, the Dolphin
S&T Night Sky News
- This Week's Sky at a Glance, August 7 – 16
- Where to See the August 12th Solar Eclipse Online
- A Perfectly Timed Perseid Meteor Shower
- Plan for Next Year's Total Solar Eclipse: August 2, 2027
- This Week's Sky at a Glance, July 31 – August 9
- Rare Total Solar Eclipse-Perseid Meteor Shower Double-Header August 12th
- This Week's Sky at a Glance, July 24 – August 2
NASA Breaking News
- NASA’s IXPE Studies Magnetar
- NASA’s Lunar Development and Test Facility Prepares Artemis Hardware for Moon
- APOD: 2026 August 7 – Rubin’s Cosmos Field
- Sensing the Poles’ Hidden Heat
- Educators & Teens Get Hands-On With TEMPO Data to Help Investigate Local Air Quality
- NASA’s SkyFall Helicopters at Work (Artist’s Concept)
- Antenna Testing for NASA’s SkyFall Mission
Science Daily
- Scientists tracked 12 people in Antarctica for 10 months—what happened could shape future Mars missions
- The key to colonizing Mars may be hidden inside asteroids
- A star’s violent death exposed a hidden supermassive black hole
- A solar eclipse and the Perseid meteor shower arrive on the same day
- Moonquakes could reveal hidden water beneath the lunar surface
- Giant waves are sweeping Mars’ atmosphere into space
- Dark matter’s secret force does the opposite of what scientists expected








