Percival Lowell’s Search for Life on Mars
Percival Lowell’s Search for Life on Mars A Quest Begins In the 1890s, Lowell Observatory founder Percival Lowell became inspired by Italian astronomer Giovanni Schiaparelli’s 1877 description of canali, […]
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On This Day: Voyager 2 Flies By Saturn
On This Day: Voyager 2 Flies By Saturn On August 25, 1981, the Voyager 2 spacecraft completed a historic flyby of Saturn. Today (8/25/2023) is the 35th anniversary of this […]
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View from Mars Hill: The return of the Perseid Meteor Shower
View from Mars Hill: The return of the Perseid Meteor Shower As posted on the Arizona Daily Sun website on 07/25/2023 The passing of July to August signals the arrival […]
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The Founding of Lowell Observatory
On April 3, 1894, an Easterner named Andrew Douglass checked into Flagstaff’s Bank Hotel. Douglass may have looked like an ordinary visitor, but his luggage was anything but ordinary. Included […]
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Astronomy, Shakespeare, and the Ides of March
At this time of year, many of us will hear, if not ourselves utter, the phrase, “Beware the Ides of March.” And it will come with some level of disquietude. […]
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I Heart Pluto Festival 2023 | Meet Our Out-of-this-World Community Partners
The only thing we love more than Pluto here on Mars Hill is our incredible Flagstaff community! This year, the I Heart Pluto Festival is being supported by a group […]
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Mars Hill Quick Report: October 24 – 30
Welcome back to the Mars Hill Quick Report, a bite-sized weekly news update from Lowell Observatory! Each week, we’ll give you the short version of upcoming events at Lowell and beyond, […]
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Mars Hill Quick Report: September 26 – October 2
Welcome back to the Mars Hill Quick Report, a bite-sized weekly news update from Lowell Observatory! Each week, we’ll give you the short version of upcoming events at Lowell and beyond, […]
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Mars Hill Quick Report: September 19-25
Welcome back to the Mars Hill Quick Report, a bite-sized weekly news update from Lowell Observatory! Each week, we’ll give you the short version of upcoming events at Lowell and beyond, […]
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Who Was Elizabeth Roemer?
Meet the Star(gazer) of the Putnam Collection Center’s Newest Display Lowell Observatory Archives is proud to announce a new exhibit in the Putnam Collection Center that seeks to highlight the […]
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Mars Hill Quick Report: September 12-18
Welcome back to the Mars Hill Quick Report, a bite-sized weekly news update from Lowell Observatory! Each week, we’ll give you the short version of upcoming events at Lowell and beyond, […]
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Mars Hill Quick Report: September 5 – 11
Welcome back to the Mars Hill Quick Report, a bite-sized weekly news update from Lowell Observatory! Each week, we’ll give you the short version of upcoming events at Lowell and beyond, […]
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