Percival Lowell, a 19th-century American businessman and astronomer, had a pet theory: that a careful look through a telescope revealed that intelligent life exists on Mars. Skeptics cried not enough ...

Astronomers at the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff are using an innovative AI technique to revolutionize how meteors are ...

On Saturday, Nov. 16, in Flagstaff, Arizona, the astronomy world changed a bit. Lowell Observatory has long been a beacon of history in the cosmic universe. Here, Boston Brahmin Percival Lowell ...

Discovered in 1930 at the Lowell Observatory, Pluto was demoted as a planet in 2006. Some want President Trump to take action ...

Lowell Observatory is proud to announce the Lowell Amateur Research Initiative (LARI). This program seeks to pair the ever-growing and technically sophisticated amateur astronomy community in exciting ...

I spent part of last week in one of my favorite places, Flagstaff, Arizona, at Lowell Observatory. This storied institution is well known, and as I have written about previously, holds a unique place ...

The instrument at Lowell Observatory used by Clyde Tombaugh to discover Pluto will soon undergo renovation. The year-long project, set to begin on January 12, will include restoration of both the ...

As a kid in the 1960s and '70s, David Baron – like many others – was fascinated by Mars. “There was a popular sitcom back then called “My Favorite Martian,” about an alien from the Red planet who ...

Holyoke – Holyoke Community College will welcome Springfield native W. Lowell Putnam, sole trustee of the Lowell Observatory, for an Oct. 9 presentation about the Arizona facility, the oldest private ...