On February 18th, 2020, the Mars 2020 Perseverance rover landed on the surface of Mars. One of the main goals of this mission is to search for evidence of past life on Mars. Jezero crater, the landing site of the rover, was selected as an exciting astrobiological target because it is the site of an […]
Friday, February 18 5-8:30pm Experience A Night of Discovery, commemorating the anniversary of Clyde Tombaugh’s discovery of the icy world Pluto on February 18, 1930. This is the keynote event of the 3rd Annual I Heart Pluto Festival. Meet Eminent Scientists Headlining this year’s event is a panel discussion (“Exploring the Universe Near and Far”) that […]
Searching for Planets Around Other Stars with Dr. Julien de Wit | Hosted by Dr. Amanda Bosh
Saturn’s moon Titan is the second known Solar system world with active rivers and seas. Titan’s deceptively Earth-like landscape is the product of a methane cycle akin to Earth’s water cycle, but there are important differences between Earth and Titan that offer lessons about planetary climate. I will illustrate this through a tour of Titan’s […]
Over the past few decades, the quality and quantity of satellite observations of Earth have improved dramatically. Nowhere is this more true than in the polar regions. Over the past 20 years, a fleet of satellites operated by many different countries have provided unprecedented insight into the changes underway in the Arctic and Antarctic. In […]
How do you use a state-of-the-art, 4.3-meter telescope? Very carefully! LDT Scientist Dr. Stephen Levine and Telescope Operator Cecilia Siqueiros will join historian Kevin Schindler to demonstrate how we open and operate this massive eye on the sky. Along the way, they’ll explain the revolutionary instrument cube and other features of the LDT.
The Messier Marathon is upon us! Join Lowell Observatory for an all-night virtual star party, during which we'll hunt for all 110 objects in Charles Messier's famous catalog. These are among the most prominent deep-sky objects visible in the night sky, including a variety of star clusters, nebulae, galaxies. We'll broadcast live from the Giovale […]
Join Lowell Observatory educators at the Giovale Open Deck Observatory (https://lowell.edu/godo), at 8PM MST for a guided, interactive observing session. After showcasing some planned celestial objects through our 14" PlaneWave CDK telescope, we’ll let you choose which objects to see next via YouTube's chat function. It's stargazing, reimagined. *Note: Programming may be canceled due to […]
The stars have never been closer: even elementary school students have sent satellites to orbit, and the costs of launching are dropping dramatically. What happens when we see space as a canvas for human imagination? In this talk, we will voyage to several space futures we dreamed up at ASU’s Center for Science and the […]
Stars come in a variety of sizes, colors, and temperatures, and scientists use a variety of observing methods to study them. The LDT, with its suite of instruments, is ideal for such a study. Tonight, you will hear about Lowell’s cutting-edge research on stars from our panel of stellar astronomers (they not only study stars […]
Celebrate the final weekend of International Dark Sky Week with a brew! In recognition of International Dark Sky Week and their 7 year founding anniversary, Flagstaff’s Dark Sky Brewery is teaming up with Lowell Observatory to bring you Dark Sky Weekend, two nights of beer, stargazing, prizes, and more! April 29 at Dark Sky Brewery […]
Celebrate the final weekend of International Dark Sky Week with a brew! In recognition of International Dark Sky Week and their 7 year founding anniversary, Flagstaff’s Dark Sky Brewery is teaming up with Lowell Observatory to bring you Dark Sky Weekend, two nights of beer, stargazing, prizes, and more! April 30 at Lowell Observatory | […]