How to See Mars at its Biggest and Brightest in December
Mars reaches full opposition on December 8, 2022, meaning that it will be at its biggest and brightest in our skies. In addition, the Moon will occult (pass in front […]
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Ingenuity and Legacy: Clyde Tombaugh’s Remarkable Telescope
This past July, the Heritage Auction House listed a lot consisting of several items of historic interest. Among a saucer once owned by Martha Washington, a lock of Abraham Lincoln’s […]
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PRESS RELEASE: LOWELL OBSERVATORY POINTS PUBLIC TELESCOPES AT SATURN AS RINGED PLANET MAKES CLOSEST APPROACH OF YEAR
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEAUGUST 8, 2022 ***Contact details appear below Flagstaff, AZ. – Saturn will soon be at its biggest and brightest of the year, and Lowell Observatory is celebrating with […]
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Mars Hill Quick Report: July 11-17
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: June 27-July 3
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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Lowell Observatory Presents: A Night of Discovery at the Orpheum Theater
On February 18, 2022, Lowell Observatory and the Orpheum Theater present A Night of Discovery, commemorating the anniversary of Clyde Tombaugh’s discovery of the icy world Pluto on February 18, […]
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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 […]
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This Week in Astronomy History: March 29 – April 4
Photo: A mosaic of Mercury images taken by the Mariner 10 spacecraft during its approach on March 29, 1974 | NASA March 29, 1974: Mariner 10 becomes the first space […]
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Deep Space Spotlight: NGC 1365, the Great Barred Spiral Galaxy
Photo: NGC 1365, aka the Great Barred Spiral Galaxy | ESA/Hubble & NASA, J. Lee and the PHANGS-HST Team NGC 1365 is an enormous, visually-stunning spiral galaxy located in the […]
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How to View the Opposition of Mars | The Red Planet at its Biggest and Brightest
Photo: An artist’s rendition of Mars in proximity to Earth | Getty Images Mars is reaching full opposition on October 13, 2020, when it will be biggest and brightest in […]
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Olympus Mons | The Biggest Hotspot in the Solar System
Photo: a computer-generated view of Olympus Mons | Dreksler Astral Mars, our closest planetary neighbor, is cool for a ton of reasons—it’s named after the Roman god of war, it’s […]
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View From Mars Hill: The Owl Cluster
Photo: the Clark Dome | Raymond Dake Photography By Kevin Schindler In the opening scene of the 1963 epic comedy film, It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, Jimmy Durante’s […]
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