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
- Comet 10P/Tempel Brightens, Sets Sail South
- Exoplanet or Exomoon? New Contender Elicits Skepticism
- Gamma-Ray Bursts Size Up the Milky Way’s Spiral Arms
- This Week's Sky at a Glance, July 17 – 26
- First Atmosphere Detected on a Terrestrial World
- Famous System Has a Third Planet: Beta Pictoris d
- Observers Beware: Reflect Orbital’s Space Mirrors Approved for Launch
S&T Night Sky News
- Comet 10P/Tempel Brightens, Sets Sail South
- This Week's Sky at a Glance, July 17 – 26
- This Week's Sky at a Glance, July 10 – 19
- 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
Universe Today
- The First Confirmed Exo-satellite Challenges Our Definitions of Planets and Moons
- Chandrasekhar and the Limits of Physics, Part 4: Vindication
- The Red Potato Galaxy and its Stifling Neighbour
- Probing the Universe's Missing Matter With Mysterious Fast Radio Bursts
- The Milky Way Flipped its Disk Billions of Years Ago
NASA Breaking News
- Crews Move Artemis IV Liquid Hydrogen Tank
- NASA’s MAVEN Illuminates New Understanding of Auroras at Mars
- NASA Astronaut Chris Williams Closes Out Space Station Mission
- Olympic Mountain Glory
- NASA to Showcase Agency’s Newest Wind Tunnel in Virginia
- Robotic Servicing Mission Launches with NASA Support
- NASA Sets Coverage for Astronaut Chris Williams, Crewmates Return
Science Daily
- NASA will test SpaceX and Blue Origin Moon landers before the next lunar landing
- NASA’s Webb telescope discovers giant planet hiding in one of astronomy’s most famous systems
- China’s Chang’e-6 reveals why solar wind hits the Moon’s two sides differently
- Astronomers find the first atmosphere on a rocky world in the habitable zone
- A hidden “switch-off” signal could predict solar storms seven years early
- Dying Sun-like stars may kick themselves through space
- New quantum gravity theory links entropy, dark energy, and life








