2023 I Heart Pluto Festival | Science Talk with Dr. Amanda Bosh
Lowell Observatory, Giclas Lecture Hall 1400 W Mars Hill Rd, Flagstaff, AZDr. Amanda Bosh, Planetary Scientist/Chief Operating Officer, Lowell Observatory Buy Tickets Now
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2023 I Heart Pluto Festival | Science Talk with Dr. Will Grundy
Lowell Observatory, Giclas Lecture Hall 1400 W Mars Hill Rd, Flagstaff, AZDr. Will Grundy, Planetary Scientist/New Horizons Surface Composition Team Leader, – Latest news about Pluto, Arrokath Buy Tickets Now
Current Events in Our Solar System with Ryan Anderson
Lowell Observatory, Giclas Lecture Hall 1400 W Mars Hill Rd, Flagstaff, AZIt is an exciting time in space exploration, with robotic missions returning data from throughout the solar system and telescopes providing unbelievable and mesmerizing views of deep space. Find out about Jupiter’s explosively volcanic moon Io and Neptune’s sparkling moon Triton. Hear about Ryan Anderson’s work with rovers on Mars and see the beautiful and […]
Flagstaff Festival of Science | Monarch Butterfly Migration in Arizona
Lowell Observatory, Giclas Lecture Hall 1400 W Mars Hill Rd, Flagstaff, AZEvery year, monarch butterflies fly through Arizona on their fall migration. Gail Morris shares the newest findings of the Southwest Monarch Study tagging and monitoring, a Citizen Science program.
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Flagstaff Festival of Science | A River Cutting through Time and the Strata Bounding the 66 Million-Year-Old Impact Event that Extinguished Dinosaurs (Admission Not Required/Free To Public)
Lowell Observatory, Giclas Lecture Hall 1400 W Mars Hill Rd, Flagstaff, AZMany Colorado River runners find themselves drawn to the geology cut by the river. It is easy to become fascinated by the different strata, their colors, and how they shape the canyon walls that bound the river. But the geology of the river is more than a rock record. It is a biological treatise of […]
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Flagstaff Festival of Science | Going With the Flow: The Wayward Course of the Colorado River Through Time
Lowell Observatory, Giclas Lecture Hall 1400 W Mars Hill Rd, Flagstaff, AZTuesday, September 6, 2022 7:00 PM 8:00 PM Through the last 70 million years the Colorado River has evolved, changed its flow direction, and added tributaries. And our geologic understanding of the rivers history is also changing. Ancestors to the modern river system could only have come into being after the withdrawal of the Western […]
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Lowell42 | Examining a Genius: The Triumph and Tragedy of Robert Burnham, Jr.
Lowell Observatory, Giclas Lecture Hall 1400 W Mars Hill Rd, Flagstaff, AZLowell42 | Examining a Genius: The Triumph and Tragedy of Robert Burnham, Jr. Robert Burnham, Jr. compiled one of the most popular astronomy books ever—the three-volume observing bible, Burnham’s Celestial Handbook—while working at Lowell Observatory in the mid-20th century. Yet Burnham was enigmatic and tragic in many ways. Lowell Observatory Historian Kevin Schindler will host […]
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Documentary Screening (and Q&A after) by Filmmaker George Sibley
Lowell Observatory, Giclas Lecture Hall 1400 W Mars Hill Rd, Flagstaff, AZWilliam Herschel and the Universe - A Documentary Film by George Sibley William Herschel, a 42 year old musician and amateur astronomer, discovered the first "new" planet in history in 1781. His telescopes, observations and theories transformed what was the clockwork universe imagined by Isaac Newton into the evolutionary and wonder-filled cosmos we know today. […]
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“Tour of the Universe: You Are Here” with Dean Regas
Lowell Observatory, Giclas Lecture Hall 1400 W Mars Hill Rd, Flagstaff, AZRocket through space and sail among billions of stars and galaxies. Utilizing some amazing simulation software, astronomer Dean Regas guides you through the mind-boggling scale of the universe. Along the way, you’ll stop by the Moon and individual planets. Then, you’ll make the jump to light speed and head to interstellar space to see all the […]
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