An annual event over recent years, the I Heart Pluto Festival in Flagstaff, Arizona, celebrates the history, heritage, and cutting-edge astronomy at Lowell Observatory. On Feb. 18, 1930, the young ...

Pluto fans at Lowell’s "I Heart Pluto" event in 2023. (Image credit: Abe Snider / Lowell Observatory) Stargazers getting ...

Following a multimillion-dollar expansion program in recent times, sudden harsh science cuts are challenging America’s ...

February 18 marks the 93rd anniversary of Pluto’s discovery in northern Arizona. To celebrate, Lowell Observatory is partnering with other Flagstaff organizations for the Fourth Annual I Heart ...

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 ...

Lowell Observatory is ranked #2 ... by peering through world-class telescopes and sitting in on lectures on topics like black holes and the history of Pluto. This observatory was founded in 1894 ...

Pluto was the little planet that could — until it couldn’t. Discovered in 1930 at Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona, Pluto was hailed as the ninth planet in our solar system.. For ...

Pluto was discovered in 1930 by Clyde Tombaugh, an American astronomer at the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff. Cold, dark and distant, it was named after the Roman god of the underworld . In Greek ...

Dean chats with historian Kevin Schindler about Lowell Observatory's exciting new facilities coming later in 2024 and the observatory's decades long history helping visitors to connect with the ...

Pluto was discovered in 1930 by Clyde Tombaugh, an American astronomer at the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona. Cold, dark and distant, it was named after the Roman god of the underworld .

The observatory in Flagstaff, AZ where Pluto was discovered in 1930. (Image credit: Lowell Observatory) "Lowell wanted to learn more about the planets and started coming under the belief that ...