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 […]
Discover Flagstaff's famously dark skies with Lowell Observatory historian Kevin Schindler and President of the Flagstaff Dark Skies Coalition, Chris Luginbuhl! This live, virtual stargazing is streamed directly from the Giovale Open Deck Observatory at Lowell Observatory. Get even more in-depth knowledge of the night sky with each object we observe through our 14" PlaneWave […]
Started in 2010, this annual festival celebrates the amazing night skies of Capitol Reef and surrounding Wayne County. Come learn more about astronomy, our connection to the night sky, and how darkness is important to the health of all living things. Hosted by Capitol Reef National Park and the Entrada Institute, this year's event will take place […]
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, […]
Look back at the Apollo 11 mission which sent Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins to the Moon in 1969. Your tour guide is astronomer Dean Regas who will share some amazing pictures, footage, and anecdotes about the first people to walk on the Moon. Then we will look ahead to the Artemis missions […]
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.