Events

Learn more about becoming a member of the Lowell team as a volunteer by joining one of three info sessions. This session will be held at Lowell Observatory on Saturday, August 31, from 12pm-1pm. Register here.   Location: 1400 W. Mars Hill Ted Bowell Conference Room Hendricks Center for Planetary Studies Building

This Saturday, come up to Mars Hill and meet Planetary Scientist Dr. Larry Wasserman! Take a peek at real-time images of planets, stars, galaxies and other celestial objects to be displayed on a large television screen outdoors with our new MallinCam. This is your opportunity to see interesting objects in the night sky, learn about […]

Enjoy Free General Admission to Lowell! Each year, the Festival features 10-days of engaging events and programs, all free, for the community to enjoy and celebrate the wonders of science! This year’s theme is “Accelerating Innovation”! On Monday, September 23, Lowell Observatory will be hosting a FREE general admission day from open to close. Special […]

Dark energy is the leading candidate for the mechanism that is responsible for causing the cosmological expansion to accelerate. Bharat Ratra will describe the astronomical data which persuade cosmologists that (as yet undetected) dark energy and dark matter are by far the main components of the energy budget of the universe at the present time. […]

This Saturday, come up to Mars Hill and meet an Astronomer! Take a peek at real-time images of planets, stars, galaxies and other celestial objects to be displayed on a large television screen outdoors with our new MallinCam. This is your opportunity to see interesting objects in the night sky, learn about an astronomer’s research, […]

Join photographer and amateur astronomer Jeremy Perez for a special science talk at Lowell Observatory! From tempestuous weather to space weather, storm chasing and space event chasing can expand our opportunities under dark skies. This photographic tour will explore beautiful night skies and the weather and other events that mingle with them.

Does your favorite star have an Arabic name? Join cultural astronomer Dr. Danielle Adams as she showcases the importance of dark skies to the development of the rich cultural traditions of indigenous Arabian astronomy. Drawing from 6th–10th century CE Arabic texts, she will demonstrate how dark desert skies enabled faint stars near the limits of […]

This Saturday, come up to Mars Hill and an Astronomer! Take a peek at real-time images of planets, stars, galaxies and other celestial objects to be displayed on a large television screen outdoors with our new MallinCam. This is your opportunity to see interesting objects in the night sky, learn about an astronomer’s research, and […]

Join a Lowell Observatory educator at the Rotunda Museum for a talk on the origin and features of the Moon and the role of the observatory in lunar exploration. After the talk, we will take a walk to the observatory overlook to view the rising Moon through a telescope. This talk is included with general […]