Saturn Opposition: What It Means and Why It’s So Cool
Learn exactly it means for a planet to be in opposition, and what is so cool about Saturn and its moons. Don’t miss the Saturn Opposition on August 14, and […]
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The Art of the Night Sky – We Talk to “NightVisions” Artist Arline Martens and Exhibit Co-Creator Chris Luginbuhl
Star Stuff sits down with fiber artist Arline Martens and the principal of Dark Sky Partners Chris Luginbuhl to talk about their experience with astronomical art, and discuss how closely […]
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Astronomy in Poetry with Author Julie Swarstad Johnson
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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Meet the 6 Public Telescopes of the GODO
By Claire Gibson, Lowell Educator Did you know that Lowell Observatory has more than eight telescopes dedicated to the use of the public? Six of these telescopes are state of […]
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Car Trouble and the Rings of Uranus
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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The Career Path of an Astronomer
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
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
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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Comets, Asteroids, and Centaurs
A comet, an asteroid, and a centaur walk into a bar(red spiral galaxy)… If you want to be cool and get this joke, listen in on this episode of Star […]
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What Does It Mean To Imagine? We Talk To Ed Finn of ASU’s Center for Science and the Imagination
Star Stuff joins Todd Gonzales (Lowell Education Manager) and Ed Finn of ASU’s Center for Science and the Imagination to talk about what it means to imagine, and how we […]
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The $10 Billion Origami Project: We Review the Basics of the James Webb Space Telescope
Join the Star Stuff Crew as we talk about the basics of the James Webb Space Telescope, including what it will help us discover, why it took so long to […]
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The Life of Stars: We Talk to Lowell Astronomer Gerard van Belle
Star Stuff sits down with Lowell Astronomer Dr. Gerard van Belle to talk about the life cycle of stars. Find out why Gerard lovingly refers to our sun as a […]
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