Composite image of 2017 total solar eclipse

PRESS RELEASE – ECLIPSE OVER TEXAS: LIVE FROM WACO TO CELEBRATE APRIL 8, 2024 TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEApril 8, 2022, 2 pm CDT ***Contact details appear below***Website: eclipseovertexas2024.com ECLIPSE OVER TEXAS: LIVE FROM WACO TO CELEBRATE APRIL 8, 2024 TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE A total solar eclipse […]

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PRESS CONFERENCE IN WACO, TEXAS, TO ANNOUNCE PLANS FOR ECLIPSE OVER TEXAS 2024: LIVE FROM WACO

MEDIA ALERTApril 4, 2022 ***Contact details appear below***Virtual link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLUBekXUXy8 PRESS CONFERENCE IN WACO, TEXAS, TO ANNOUNCE PLANS FOR ECLIPSE OVER TEXAS 2024: LIVE FROM WACO On April 8, 2024, […]

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Total Lunar Eclipse Coming in May

Total Lunar Eclipse One of the most dramatic and easily viewed celestial events—a total lunar eclipse—is fast approaching. It happens on May 15/16 and will be visible from across North […]

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The image shows star trails over the Lowell Discovery Telescope dome. Joe Llama

View from Mars Hill: The Lowell Discovery Telescope by the numbers

As posted on the Arizona Daily Sun website on 3/26/2022. Aluminum is traditionally used to commemorate 10-year anniversaries. That’s appropriate for such a recognition on April 3 as the preeminent […]

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The Crab Nebula is the 1st object listed in the Messier Catalog

MEDIA ALERT: LOWELL OBSERVATORY PRESENTS MESSIER MARATHON STAR PARTY ON MARCH 11

MEDIA ALERTMarch 8, 2022 Event link: Messier Marathon 2022: An Overnight Virtual Star Party » Lowell Observatory Flagstaff, AZ. – On March 11, Lowell Observatory will host a star party […]

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LOWELL OBSERVATORY PRESS RELEASE: MOTHER ROAD BREWING COMPANY TEAMS WITH LOWELL OBSERVATORY ON “LOWELL LAGER”

February 10, 2022 Discover Mother Road’s second beer promoting Lowell’s annual I Heart Pluto Festival.  Flagstaff, AZ — Mother Road Brewing Company and Lowell Observatory are pleased to co-create the kind […]

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PRESS RELEASE: 3RD ANNUAL I HEART PLUTO FESTIVAL KICKS OFF FEBRUARY 12

*Nancy Currie-Gregg is unable to make the Night of Discovery appearance. Taking her place will be paleontologist and wilderness guide, Christa Sadler.* Flagstaff, AZ. – February 18 marks the 92nd […]

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Illustration of asteroid pair

PRESS RELEASE: YOUNGEST PAIR OF ASTEROIDS IN SOLAR SYSTEM DETECTED

Flagstaff, AZ. – An international team of astronomers has discovered a pair of asteroids that split off from their parent body a mere 300 years ago. The duo is exceptional […]

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View from Mars Hill: Lowell, Orpheum set to host A Night of Discovery

On February 18, Lowell Observatory and the Orpheum Theater present A Night of Discovery, commemorating the anniversary of Clyde Tombaugh’s discovery of the icy world Pluto on February 18, 1930. […]

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Illustration of Trojan Asteroid 2020 XL5

LOWELL OBSERVATORY PRESS RELEASE: LOWELL DISCOVERY TELESCOPE OBSERVATIONS HELP CONFIRM SECOND EARTH TROJAN ASTEROID

Flagstaff, AZ. – Supported by observations made with the 4.3-meter Lowell Discovery Telescope (LDT) in northern Arizona, an international team of scientists confirmed the existence of the second-known Earth Trojan […]

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A Night of Discovery: Keynote Event of Lowell Observatory’s 3rd Annual I Heart Pluto Festival

A Night of DiscoveryOrpheum TheaterFebruary 18, 20215-8:30pm Lowell Observatory presents a Night of Discovery, commemorating the anniversary of Clyde Tombaugh’s discovery of the icy world Pluto on February 18, 1930. […]

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Stellar streams surrounding Milky Way Galaxy

PRESS RELEASE: TWELVE FOR DINNER: THE MILKY WAY’S FEEDING HABITS SHINE A LIGHT ON DARK MATTER

Flagstaff, AZ. – Astronomers are one step closer to learning the properties of dark matter enveloping our Milky Way galaxy, thanks to a new map of twelve streams of stars […]

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