See the opposition of Mars at the one and only Giovale Open Deck Observatory (GODO) on December 8, 2022! Starting at 6:00pm, join us in viewing Mars at its biggest and brightest through the six state-of-the-art telescopes of the GODO. Later on, hear astronomer, researcher, and Mars expert Dr. Jennifer Hanley will present results from […]
An Event 93 Years in the Making! Celebrate the anniversary of Pluto's discovery on February 18-20, 2023. Show your love at the Home of Pluto in snowy Flagstaff, Arizona, where it was discovered by Clyde Tombaugh 93 years ago on February 18, 1930. This festival will take place at Lowell Observatory with special events throughout […]
Get a star-studded VIP experience at the 2023 I Heart Pluto Festival! A VIP ticket grants single-person admission to all IHP activities, including the “Night of Discovery” event at the Orpheum Theater on the evening Feb. 18. Before the event begins, VIP guests will receive a free copy of keynote speaker and astronaut Nicole Stott’s […]
Witness Lowell history being made at the Rotunda Museum as the Tombaugh Telescope exhibit is unveiled! The exhibit will feature Clyde Tombaugh’s fully-functional homemade telescope, which was hand-assembled from scraps found around his family’s farm in Burdette, Kansas. Buy Tickets Now
An Event 93 Years in the Making! Celebrate the anniversary of Pluto's discovery on February 18-20, 2023. Show your love at the Home of Pluto in snowy Flagstaff, Arizona, where it was discovered by Clyde Tombaugh 93 years ago on February 18, 1930. This festival will take place at Lowell Observatory with special events throughout […]
An Event 93 Years in the Making! Celebrate the anniversary of Pluto's discovery on February 18-20, 2023. Show your love at the Home of Pluto in snowy Flagstaff, Arizona, where it was discovered by Clyde Tombaugh 93 years ago on February 18, 1930. This festival will take place at Lowell Observatory with special events throughout […]
Dr. Will Grundy, Planetary Scientist/New Horizons Surface Composition Team Leader, – Latest news about Pluto, Arrokath Buy Tickets Now
Dr. Amanda Bosh, Planetary Scientist/Chief Operating Officer, Lowell Observatory Buy Tickets Now
Join Lowell Observatory for International Astronomy Day, with FREE admission for all Coconino County Residence!
A Celebration at Lowell Observatory and Meteor Crater Meteor Crater and Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona, set the stage for a fantastic Asteroid Day celebration. Flagstaff’s “Big Impact Event” will highlight the Meteor Crater, formed 50,000 years ago, representing the best preserved meteor impact site in the world. Meteor Crater is 700 feet deep, more […]
Photo: San Francisco Volcanic Field | Credit: Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History, Global Volcanism Program GEODES (Geophysical Exploration of the Dynamics and Evolution of the Solar System) is a team within the NASA Solar System Exploration Research Virtual Institute. They investigate the Moon, near-Earth asteroids, and the moons of Mars with geophysics […]
Join us at 7pm on Friday, August 18 for a screening of Dialogue Earth, a feature-length documentary directed by Hank Levine. Dialogue Earth offers a moving portrait of the German artist Ulrike Arnold who paints with earth and meteorites from remote areas all around the world, and now travels through archaic, mystical landscapes in the […]