The historic 24-inch Clark refractor at Lowell Observatory has been used for countless important observations, including the discovery of recessive velocities for galaxies and the existence of the ...

On his first trip to the Grand Canyon Star Party, Dave Eicher joins thousands for a week of lectures, observing, and cosmic ...

Don’t miss the Smokey Jack Observatory which boasts a retractable roof and 14-inch Schmidt-Cassegrain and 5-inch refractor telescopes with computer-guided pointing and tracking to view the ...

The Lowell Observatory is open from 12 p.m. to 10 p.m. every day except Tuesday. During summer (Memorial Day to Labor Day), it stays open until 11 p.m. on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays.

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 ...

Dean chats with Dr. Gerard van Belle a tenured astronomer and the director of science at the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona. Listen to find out how the star Altair got its "oddball" shape.

The 36-inch Great Lick Refractor at the Lick Observatory in Mt. Hamilton on May 30, 2025. (Gina Castro/KQED) Allan Meyer, Public Programs Telescope Operator, works in the 36-inch Great Lick Refractor ...

LOWELL — Police arrested a Tyngsboro man on multiple firearm charges after responding to reports of gunfire in the Pawtucketville neighborhood late Tuesday night.

Perched high in the Chilean Andes, the observatory will take hundreds of images of the southern hemisphere sky, every night for 10 years. In doing so, it will create the most complete time-lapse ...

In the Upper Division, named as all-stars from Greater Lowell were Tejeda, Daymeon Chea, Luis Carrasquillo and George Robles, while Lowell Catholic’s representatives were Matteo Wright, Luke ...

Dr. Tyler Richey-Yowell, a postdoctoral fellow at Lowell Observatory in Arizona, said this is the first Moon to appear this low on the horizon in about a year.