Lowell Observatory

Flagstaff’s Lowell Observatory recently opened the long-awaited Marley Foundation Astronomy Discovery Center. Hundreds of visitors flocked to the new exhibits, which aim to connect people to the universe in unexpected ways.

Dr. Amanda Bosh has been appointed executive director of Flagstaff’s Lowell Observatory. She's set to start the new role on November 8.

NASA’s Webb Space Telescope has identified new clues about the surface of Pluto’s largest moon, Charon.

Local artist Ulrike Arnold paints with earth and travels all over the world to collect it, between her homes in Flagstaff and Germany to places like Iceland and Australia.

Crews are thinning out overgrown brush and trees from a cinder field near Flagstaff where Apollo astronauts trained. The idea is to preserve the historic site and turn back the clock to the days of the space race.

KNAU’s Science and Technology Reporter Melissa Sevigny traveled with Lowell Observatory to Waco, Texas — one of the cities within that path of totality — to experience the Great American Eclipse firsthand.

Hundreds of millions of people in the United States are expected to watch the solar eclipse on Monday. But many Navajos follow traditional teachings to give the sun “privacy” during the event.

Not only can smoke cause health risks for residents... it’s a cause of concern for astronomers, too.

A new children’s book tells the story of a young farmhand–turned–astronomer named Clyde Tombaugh who spotted Pluto from Flagstaff’s Lowell Observatory. Sedona author Diane Phelps Budden hopes it will inspire children to chase their dreams.

Pluto was discovered at Flagstaff’s Lowell Observatory and once thought to be the ninth planet in the solar system. It was later demoted to a “dwarf planet.” But the bill's sponsor says the historical discovery is still worth commemorating.