PRESS RELEASE: LOWELL OBSERVATORY BREAKS GROUND ON NEW DISCOVERY CENTER
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEJune 29, 2021 Kemper and Ethel Marley Foundation Astronomy Discovery Center Set to Open in 2024 Flagstaff, AZ. – Lowell Observatory’s vision for its education program is bold […]
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New Horizons Mission
Will Grudy and his fellow New Horizon mission scientists continue to analyze data from not only Pluto, but also Arrokoth.
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Surveying Meteors
Nick Moskovitz helps to operate a network of video cameras called LO-CAMS (the Lowell Observatory Cameras for All-sky Meteor Surveillance).
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Detecting Exoplanets
Along with Lisa Prato and other members of DEFT (Disks and Exoplanets Flagstaff Team) at Lowell Observatory, and in collaboration with astronomers at Rice University, Lauren Biddle has found a new way to
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Trans-Neptunian Objects
In January 2019, the New Horizons spacecraft flew by the small TNO Arrokoth, which is a contact binary located in the dynamically Cold Classical population.
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Laboratory Studies of the Stability of Liquids in the Outer Solar System
Titan, the largest moon of Saturn, is the only body besides Earth in the solar system to have liquid on its surface.
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The Quest to Understand Dark Energy
The Dark Energy Survey was a large-scale astronomical survey covering 5000 square degrees – roughly 1/8 of the entire sky – focusing primarily in the southern hemisphere.
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Palantir Stretches Capability of NPOI
The Dark Energy Survey was a large-scale astronomical survey covering 5000 square degrees – roughly 1/8 of the entire sky – focusing primarily in the southern hemisphere.
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Searching for M-Dwarf Stars
In partnership with Dr. Elliott Horch of Southern Connecticut State University, van Belle has led the effort of carrying out the Pervasive Overview of `Kompanions’ of Every M-dwarf in Our Neighborhood (POKEMON) survey
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Comet Research – 2I/Borisov
2I/Borisov, the first definitive interstellar comet detected as it passed through our solar system, gave astronomers the first opportunity to characterize how a comet formed elsewhere compares to comets we routinely observe.
Read MoreThis Week in Astronomy History: June 7-13
Photo: A painting of Pioneer 10’s flyby of Jupiter | Rick Guidice June 8, 1625: Giovanni Cassini born Italian astronomer Giovanni Cassini was born in the municipality of Perinaldo (located […]
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Secrets of Lowell: The Putnam Collection Center
Photo: The exterior of the Putnam Collection Center | Sarah Gilbert Room to Grow In 2010, Lowell Observatory was facing a storage issue. The Slipher Building’s attic and basement were […]
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