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This Week in Astronomy History: May 31-June 6

Photo: George Ellery Hale’s widow, Evelina Hale, looks through the eyepiece of the Hale Telescope during its dedication ceremony in 1966 | Associated Press June 2, 1966: Surveyor 1 soft-lands […]

This Week in Astronomy History: May 24-30

Photo: The dome of the Clark Refractor, the same dome–with some modifications–that still stands on Mars Hill today. The Clark dome was built in 1896 and set up at Lowell […]

Secrets of Lowell: The Slipher Building

Photo: The Rotunda Museum and Slipher Building, photographed for the Historic American Buildings Survey in 1994 | Brian Grogan, Historic American Buildings Survey Due north of the Steele Visitor Center, […]

May 11, 1967: Lunar Orbiter 4 begins photographing the Moon Lunar Orbiter 4 was robotic craft launched as part of NASA’s Lunar Orbiter Program. The orbiter was the fourth in […]

View from Mars Hill: 125 years and counting — the 24-inch Clark Telescope

Photo: Ralph Nye led the restoration project of the 24-inch Clark Telescope that Percival Lowell used to map the surface of Mars. The telescope was also used to make maps […]

How to View the 2021 Total Lunar Eclipse

Photo: A total lunar eclipse that occurred in July of 2018 | ESO A total lunar eclipse will occur on May 26, 2021. Read on to learn more about the […]

Celebrating National Astronomy Day | May 15, 2021

This year, National Astronomy Day falls on May 15, 2021. Read on to learn about how this bi-annual celebration began, and how you can celebrate it from wherever you are […]

This Week in Astronomy History: May 3-9

Photo: Marine Corps HUS-1 helicopter from HMR-262 retrieves Freedom 7 from the Atlantic | NASA May 5, 1961: Alan Shepard becomes the first American in space Astronaut Alan Shepard became […]

This Week in Astronomy History: April 26 – May 2

Photo: The opening day ceremony of the Goddard Space Flight Center on March 16, 1961 | NASA – Great Images in NASA Description May 1, 1959: Goddard Space Flight Center […]

This Week in Astronomy History: April 19-25

Photo: The view through the window of the Lunar Module Orion shortly after Apollo 16’s landing on the surface of the Moon | NASA April 20, 1967: Surveyor 3 soft-lands […]

View from Mars Hill: The annual Lyrid Meteor Shower shows its stuff

Photo: A Lyrid Meteor Shower is about as bright as the Big Dipper | Jimmy Westlake, NASA By Kevin Schindler As featured on the Arizona Daily Sun website on April […]

This Week in Astronomy History: April 12-18

Photo: View of the damaged Apollo 13 Service Module after separation from the main craft | NASA April 12, 1961: Yuri Gagarin becomes first human being in space Yuri Gagarin […]