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Lowell died in 1916, never having discovered another planet, but the search went on at the observatory which he established, and where Tombaugh was assigned to look for this elusive object.

Legendary Apollo astronaut Rusty Schweickart, astronomer Scott Manley and acclaimed author Mary Robinette Kowal, known for ...

Leon Uris’ 1976 novel “Trinity” is set in Ireland between the Great Famine and the Easter Rising. When Irish Catholic ...

The United States Army celebrated its 250th birthday on June 14, 2025, although stating that the “U.S. Army” is 250 years old is more complicated. The First Continental Congress met in Philadelphia ...

The historic 24-inch Clark refractor at Lowell Observatory has been used for countless important observations, ... The 13-inch Pluto Camera was used by Clyde Tombaugh in 1930 to discover Pluto.

Pluto was the little planet that could — until it couldn’t. Discovered in 1930 at Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona, ...

This month’s full moon is just days away, and Tyler Richey-Yowell, an astronomer with the Lowell Observatory, shared her expertise on the unique attributes this month’s moon brings during its ...

Pluto the not-yet-dwarf planet was discovered on February 18, 1930 by astronomer Clyde Tombaugh at the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona. It was named later that year by Venetia Burney , an ...

Lowell Observatory Director Jeffrey Hall was amazed by the images of Pluto released Wednesday — and bowled over by the announcement that the planet’s largest heart-shaped region would be named ...

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz., March 13, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, TIME recognized Lowell Observatory in its annual list of the World's Greatest Places, which highlights 100 extraordinary destinations to ...