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Nestled atop Mars Hill in Flagstaff, Lowell Observatory has been a cornerstone of astronomical discovery since 1894 — and ...
Because Pluto is so dim, you need a telescope to see it. “A backyard telescope could do it under the right conditions,” says ...
Scientists are racing to learn as much as possible about the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS before it fades from view forever ...
One of those astronomers is Kareta, who observed the comet, using the Lowell Observatory’s Lowell Discovery Telescope in Flagstaff, Arizona, as soon as he heard about it on the night of its discovery.
An oddly tilted object beyond Neptune moves in perfect sync, one orbit for every ten of Neptune’s, and scientists are intrigued.
U-M astronomy is helping understand this fast, old and large comet that was born outside our galactic neighborhood This diagram shows the trajectory ...
No telescope is needed to catch a meteor streaking through ... programs and monthly star parties that continue to draw large crowds. In Flagstaff, Ariz., Lowell Observatory uses late June to highlight ...
Organized by Betchart Expeditions and led by astronomer Joe Llama of the Lowell Observatory, a special expedition to Iceland from Aug. 8 to 16, 2026, will observe totality near Ísafjörður ...
A tiny object far beyond Pluto, newly discovered by the Subaru Telescope, could reshape our understanding of the early Solar ...
Scenes of nebulas in the Milky Way, a cluster of galaxies and thousands of new asteroids are a teaser of how the U.S.-funded observatory on a mountain in Chile will transform astronomy.