Hours of Operations
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Infinite Wonders Await!
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Location
1400 West Mars Hill RdFlagstaff AZ, 86001
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The average high temperature in Flagstaff during the month of July is 81.3 F, but the average low temperature is a cool 50.7 F. Temperatures can dip down into the […]
The Sombrero Galaxy (M104) is a classic edge-on spiral galaxy located about 8.5 Mpc (28 million light-years) away in the constellation of Virgo, and is about 15 Kpc (50,000 light-years) […]
Just like Lowell, Flagstaff’s 50,000-year-old Meteor Crater has deep ties to NASA and its long history of space exploration. In the 1960s, NASA astronauts preparing for the first moon landing […]
Hi everyone, [vcex_spacing size=”10px”] The image above might look like something you’d want to consult a dermatologist about, but it’s actually the most detailed image of the Sun ever taken. […]
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Online Exhibit
Over 50,000 years ago space and earth came together when a huge iron-nickel meteorite, approximately 150 feet wide and weighing several hundred thousand tons, impacted an area outside of Flagstaff, […]
Hi everyone, [vcex_spacing size=”10px”] It was announced this week that a major new telescope will be named in honor of trailblazing astronomer Vera Rubin, who died in 2016. [vcex_spacing size=”10px”] […]
Hi everyone, [vcex_spacing size=”10px”] Sad news: Pioneering NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson died today at the age of 101. [vcex_spacing size=”10px”] Born in West Virginia in 1918, Johnson was fascinated by […]