The Starry Skies Shop is online!
After months of working out the bugs and testing, a truncated version of our gift shop and science store, the Starry Skies Shop, is now online and includes Lowell t-shirts, hats, and other souvenirs....
View ArticleUncle Percy’s Tykes Camp now on second Saturday of each month
Lowell Observatory is pleased to offer the 2013 Uncle Percy’s Tykes Camp. Intended for children ages 3 to 5, these activity-based camps are a hands on exploration of science that include STEM elements...
View ArticleAPS Foundation donates nearly $60,000 to Navajo-Hopi Program
Lowell Observatory is proud to announce a generous gift of nearly $60,000 from the APS Foundation to support the Observatory’s Navajo-Hopi Astronomy Outreach Program. The $59,246 donation will go...
View ArticleLowell amateur collaborator’s work for Dr. Deidre Hunter featured by NASA
Lowell Amateur Research Initiative (LARI) collaborator Stephen Leshin recently submitted an image of Barnard’s Galaxy, NGC 6822, to NASA’s Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD). The beautiful image was...
View ArticleHelp us “Restore The Clark”!
The Clark Telescope (Tom Alexander/LOA) After 117 years of service, the massive Clark Telescope needs an overhaul so it can continue to be the centerpiece of our public program for the next century....
View Article“Pluto and the Planets: A Scale Model Exhibit” extended through Sunday!
Come experience the planets as you never have before! Lowell’s newest special exhibit, “Pluto and the Planets,” features giant planets, scaled to size. Visitors of all ages can explore the Solar System...
View ArticleWhere did “Uncle Percy’s Adventures in Space” go?
Are you looking for “Uncle Percy’s Adventures in Space“? We temporarily removed the logo from our home page in order to promote the “Restore The Clark” campaign. Simply click here and the adventures...
View ArticleIt’s time to “Restore The Clark”!
Help us “Restore The Clark” by giving to our crowdsourcing campaign on indiegogo.com. Often called the “People’s Telescope,” more than a million visitors have seen through the world-famous 24″ Clark...
View ArticleLowell astronomer, collaborators detect molecules in exoplanet atmosphere
Artist’s rendering of HR 8799c at an early stage in the evolution of the planetary system, showing the planet, a disk of gas and dust, rocky inner planets, and HR 8799. Credit: Dunlap Institute for...
View Article“Suited for Space” Exhibition Opens at Lowell
Spacesuits That Helped Launch the American Space Program Explored in New Smithsonian Exhibition; open 3/23 through 6/16 In 1961, President John F. Kennedy stated the United States would land...
View ArticleUncle Percy’s Kids Camp is back for Summer 2013!
After a resoundingly successful first year, Uncle Percy’s Kids Camp is back this summer. Just like last year, we’ve divided the camps according to age, with each age focusing on a topic: 1st/2nd grade...
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