Mars Hill Quick Report: June 6-12
Introducing the Mars Hill Quick Report, a bite-size weekly news update from Lowell Observatory! Each week, we’ll give you the short version of upcoming events at Lowell and beyond, plus […]
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Mars Hill Quick Report: May 30 – June 5
Introducing the Mars Hill Quick Report, a bite-size weekly news update from Lowell Observatory! Each week, we’ll give you the short version of upcoming events, and a little dash of […]
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Celebrating Lowell Observatory’s 128th Anniversary
In an increasingly bright world, dark skies are becoming difficult to come by. Light pollution, smog, and man-made objects in Earth’s orbit are making astronomical observation more and more difficult […]
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The Story of Pluto: A Virtual Exhibit from Lowell Archives
In the spring of 2021, NAU student Melissa Valenzuela was awarded the NAU/NASA Space Research Grant to design a virtual exhibit about Pluto. She started her internship at Lowell Observatory […]
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I♥Pluto Festival 2022 | Who Was Clyde Tombaugh?
The 2022 I♥Pluto Festival is in full swing! We’ll be celebrating the February 18, 1930 discovery of Pluto from now until February 21st, 2022. Many of our events happening this […]
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Views of Pluto: From the Past to the Present
By Claire Gibson, Lowell Educator 92 years of imaging Pluto have allowed a closer and more detailed look at the cold, small body located over 3.2 billion miles away from […]
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This Month in Astronomy | November 2021
Take time this month to give thanks, eat well, spend time with those you love, and of course, appreciate the beauty of the cosmos! This November will bring two meteor […]
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Strange Goings-on at the Clark Refractor
The 24-inch Clark Refractor has seen its share of bizarre observing nights throughout its 125-year history. Visiting scientist Jim Christy experienced one firsthand, on an evening that include falling bolts […]
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Secrets of Lowell: Percival’s Mausoleum
Photo: Percival Lowell’s Mausoleum | Max Dev American businessman, author, mathematician, astronomer, and observatory founder Percival Lowell passed away on November 12, 1916, just 14 years before the fabled ‘Planet […]
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View From Mars Hill: 12 facts About Jupiter, the King of the Planets
From the Arizona Daily Sun, October 2, 2021 12 facts about Jupiter, the king of the planets Jupiter continues to shine brightly in the eastern skies just after sunset. Here […]
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Lowell and the Space Race
Image: Primary lunar map illustrator Patricia Bridges at work. On October 4, 1957 the world looked up to the skies, skies that would never be the same again. It was […]
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View From Mars Hill: Saturn: Alluring, Familiar and Well-positioned
From the Arizona Daily Sun, September 8, 2021 Saturn, one of the more familiar and alluring features of the night sky, is now well-positioned to wow observers. The farthest planet […]
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