On Wednesday, August 31, one of our educators will teach a science lesson at the Flagstaff Family Food Center for preschool-aged kids. This month’s theme is Our Moon, and this week’s lesson will be an activity called Oreo Moon Phases. Kids will use Oreo cookies to recreate the phases of the Moon.
Come find us at Movies on the Square on Saturday, September 3 from 4-8pm! We’ll have solar telescope viewing, UV bead bracelet-making, and trivia! This week's theme is Astronomy. Kids and their families can participate with a question to win a Lowell prize or enter a raffle for a Planet Plushie! We'll see you there!
Tuesday, September 6, 2022 7:00 PM 8:00 PM Through the last 70 million years the Colorado River has evolved, changed its flow direction, and added tributaries. And our geologic understanding of the rivers history is also changing. Ancestors to the modern river system could only have come into being after the withdrawal of the Western […]
Many Colorado River runners find themselves drawn to the geology cut by the river. It is easy to become fascinated by the different strata, their colors, and how they shape the canyon walls that bound the river. But the geology of the river is more than a rock record. It is a biological treatise of […]
What’s better than stargazing? Stargazing AND beer! Join us on Tuesday, September 13 at 7:00pm for Beerstronomy, a night of constellation tours, stargazing, and brews from Historic Brewing Company. A special commemorative beer glass and two rounds of beer come free with every ticket purchase! Guests must be 21+ years of age with a valid […]
The Lowell Discovery Telescope is an ideal tool for exploring galactic building blocks such as stars that have been ripped apart from their home group. Lowell Observatory’s Director of Technology Dr. Kyler Kuehn will join Lowell Historian Kevin Schindler to discuss dismembered star clusters, stellar streams, and more.
Have you ever watched the sunset in the east? Join Lowell Observatory's Brian Skiff as he takes you on insightful tour of the subtle transition from sunset into twilight at Flagstaff's Buffalo Park, including the Earth-shadow and Belt of Venus in the east, as well as layered pastel colors over the Sun in the west. […]
Flagstaff Star Party guests can expect an inspiring journey to discover the astronomical knowledge of ancient Arabia and its enduring heritage in some of the star names we use today. Lowell Observatory Chief Marketing and Revenue Officer Dr. Danielle Adams, a cultural astronomer, will use the slow darkening of the twilight sky to showcase the importance […]
Once-In-A-Lifetime Event Buy Tickets Be a part of NASA’s first-ever planetary defense test mission! DART, or the Double Asteroid Redirection Test, is NASA’s first mission to demonstrate asteroid deflection by a kinetic impactor. On September 26th, NASA will be smashing a spacecraft into the smaller member of the binary asteroid system Didymos. NASA has partnered […]
Every year, monarch butterflies fly through Arizona on their fall migration. Gail Morris shares the newest findings of the Southwest Monarch Study tagging and monitoring, a Citizen Science program.
Most biodiversity of modern vertebrate communities is made up of small animals. Join Adam Marsh as he opens a window into the hidden biodiversity of the Triassic, revealing the early evolution of living animal groups like amphibians, mammals, lizards, crocodilians, birds, and their closest extinct ancestors.
Join us for Astronomy on Tap at Mother Road Brewery on September 27, starting at 6pm! Play trivia to win out-of-this-world prizes, listen to a fascinating a science talk, and of course, enjoy Mother Road brews on tap. This month's speaker is Lowell educator Jacob Hyden, who will be discussing cosmology: the science of the […]