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1400 West Mars Hill RdFlagstaff AZ, 86001
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The Lowell Observer—Online Archive
[…] major donations from philanthropists Joe Orr and the Toomey Foundation for the Natural Sciences, an online crowdfunding effort, support from the City of Flagstaff and Flagstaff Arts Council, and contributions […]
[…] Pluto: 1930 – 2006″, and a few downright foul ones that our censors won’t let us share. The refurbishment included testing and fixing the telescope’s drive motor and other electronic […]
Hi everyone, [vcex_spacing size=”30px”] The Dance Your Ph.D. contest began in 2008 as a way to encourage newly minted Ph.D. scientists to communicate their thesis research to the public through […]
Hi everyone, [vcex_spacing size=”10px”] Astronomers have discovered one of the fastest moving stars ever, and it appears to have been flung out of our galaxy by the supermassive black hole […]
Hi everyone, [vcex_spacing size=”10px”] Astronomers have discovered the most massive black hole in the nearby universe and it’s a beast, weighing the equivalent of 40 billion suns. The black hole […]
[…] summarized its impact very poetically: Look again at that dot. That’s here. That’s home. That’s us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every […]
Summer Solstice | June 21st 2022 Hosted by Peppercorn Games Join us on the Summer Solstice for an ethereal night of dance, acrobatic, stunt, and circus performances set under the […]
[…] membership supports every aspect of our mission, assisting our astronomers with their research programs and helping us improve and broaden our public programs, both on Mars Hill and throughout northern Arizona.