Astronomy in Poetry with Author Julie Swarstad Johnson

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Star Stuff geeks out with poet Julie Swarstad Johnson, who recently served as Lowell Observatory’s Poet In Residence. Tune in to hear them discuss Julie’s work, how astronomy inspires her […]

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How The James Webb Space Telescope Will Change The Way We Look At The Cosmos

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In this very special episode of Star Stuff, our hosts sit down with NAU assistant professor Dr. Cristina Thomas to discuss the ways in which the James Webb Space Telescope […]

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Talking With Grown-Ups About Pluto (And Other Fun Controversies) | We Talk To Dean Regas

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Star Stuff hangs out with public speaker, author, television host, and astronomer Dean Regas in the Clyde Tombaugh apartment, where they talk about distant worlds, burning controversies, and the delicate […]

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The Lowell Iceberg: Strange Sightings, Observatory Lore, and Clown Man

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The Star Stuff crew goes through the Lowell Iceberg, created and explained by Lowell educators Hannah Zigo and Jacob Irish. We go through each layer of our Lowell Iceberg, starting […]

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Car Trouble and the Rings of Uranus

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Star Stuff sits down with Lowell astronomer Dr. Larry Wasserman to hear about his amazing discovery of Uranus’ rings, and how running low on gas almost changed the course of […]

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Finding Your Unicorn Career in STEM: We Talk To Alaina Levine

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Star Stuff sits down with Alaina Levine, an award-winning professional speaker, STEM career coach, science writer, TEDX speaker, and entrepreneur. Hear directly from Alaina how you can create your perfect […]

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The Sound of Science in Movies: We Review Sci-Fi Scores

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Star Stuff is joined by Nate Nise, Kevin White, and Dr. Scott Barrows of Lowell Observatory to talk about a few of our favorite sci-fi scores. To listen along with […]

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The Career Path of an Astronomer

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Star Stuff chats with Lowell research scientists Dr. Joe Llama and Dr. Kyler Kuehn about how they got into astronomy, where their studies took them, and why they didn’t like […]

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Uncovering 50-Year-Old Moon Rock: We Talk to Dr. Chip Shearer

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In this episode of Star Stuff, Dr. Chip Shearer talks about his project with NASA to finally open a capsule of Moon rock collected in the early 1970s during the […]

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The Total Lunar Eclipse: Myth, Lore, and History

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Learn about how eclipses have been represented in history and in lore, and find out some fun facts about the moon. 

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Sol’s Planets – We Talk To Two Lowell Planetary Scientists

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In this episode of Star Stuff, the crew talks all about planets with two of Lowell’s planetary scientists, Dr. Amanda Bosh and Dr. Jennifer Hanley. Learn about our solar system’s […]

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PRESS RELEASE: MASSIVE STARS PRODUCE LESS OXYGEN THAN PREVIOUSLY BELIEVED; MAY EXPLAIN EXISTENCE OF HEAVY BLACK HOLES

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Flagstaff, AZ. – An international team of scientists has determined that massive stars do not make as much oxygen as previously thought. The finding is highly unexpected and has implications […]

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