Comet 3I/ATLAS: A Rare Visitor with a Story to Tell
Comet 3I/ATLAS: A Rare Visitor with a Story to Tell An otherworldly guest is making a brief appearance in our skies. Comet 3I/ATLAS, discovered by the ATLAS survey telescope in […]
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See Saturn at Its Biggest and Brightest This Month
See Saturn at Its Biggest and Brightest This Month This September, stargazers get a serious treat: Saturn reaches opposition — its brightest and closest appearance of the year — on […]
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Catch the Perseids Early: Meteor Viewing from Mars Hill
Catch the Perseids Early: Meteor Viewing from Mars Hill The Perseid meteor shower is one of the most anticipated astronomical events of the year. Known for its bright, fast-moving meteors, […]
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Some Fast Facts About the 2025 Total Lunar Eclipse
Some Fast Facts About the 2025 Total Lunar Eclipse Written in collaboration with Lowell Historian and PIO Kevin Schindler On the evening of March 13, 2025, skywatchers across North America […]
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View from Mars Hill: Planets on parade, with rare alignment
View from Mars Hill: Planets on parade, with rare alignment Published in Arizona Daily Sun – February 27, 2025 In her 2017 contemporary romance novel All the Lies We Tell—which […]
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About the 2024 Orionid Meteor Shower
Perhaps the best known of all comets is Halley (correctly pronounced so that it rhymes with rally, not daily) named after the 17th-18th century astronomer Edmond Halley. This familiar object […]
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Brian Skiff: Looking at Every Star
Brian Skiff: Looking at Every Star Having worked at Lowell Observatory for nearly 50 years, researcher Brian Skiff has seen a lot of change happen on Mars Hill. In fact, […]
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Does Venus Have A Moon? | We Talk To Zoozve Discoverer Brian Skiff
In this episode of Star Stuff, Cody Half-Moon sits down with Lowell astronomer Brian Skiff as he recounts his discovery of Venusian moon Zoozve, and how a determined dad’s twitter […]
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The 2024 Perseid Meteor Shower
The Perseid Meteor Shower The passing of July to August signals the arrival of one of the most prominent and reliable meteor showers, the Perseids. It has wowed observers for […]
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Temporary “New Star” Could Appear in the Sky Before the End of Summer
As you may have heard, stargazers may be treated to an unusual sight in the night sky at some point in the coming months: a nova, which will appear to […]
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Celebrating the 2024 June Solstice
Though school is out and the weather is warming up, it hasn’t been summer just yet—at least, not from an astronomical standpoint. Today (June 20, 2024), those of us in […]
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Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS: A Glimmer of Cosmic Wonder
Excitement is building among astronomers and skywatchers for Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS (C/2023 A3), which is steadily brightening and developing a visible tail. As of early May 2024, the comet’s magnitude reached […]
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