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'This idea that it takes like 250 years for Pluto to orbit the sun, I think that's just bizarre.' Star Trek scion Adam Nimoy talks our favorite (dwarf) planet for 'I Heart ...
Filmmaker Adam Nemoy helps celebrate the 90th anniversary of Pluto's discovery this month at the 6th annual 'I Heart Pluto' ...
Discover Flagstaff, the world’s first international dark-sky city
The city of Flagstaff has taken big steps to preserve the clarity of its night sky. Find out the best ways to experience the ...
Earth's mini-moon was the moon all along
PT5, which almost became a temporary mini-moon to Earth, was recently found to be a broken-off part of the moon itself. This ...
What People Are Getting Wrong This Week: Pluto Is Still a Planet (Sort Of)
According to a recent YouGov poll, 35% of Americans think Pluto is not a planet. But they are all wrong—kind of. To get to ...
These are the most underrated things about Arizona, from food and weather to the power grid
On the Reddit thread r/arizona, users share things about the Grand Canyon state that they find underrated, from food and ...
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Lowell Observatory researchers study star system to learn more about planetary formation
The study analyzed the circumstellar disks of a pair of stars, learning about how planets are formed from some unexpected ...
'Free money': Republican proposes fix for legally dubious $15M state payment to rodeo
Sen. Mark Finchem's short bill would eliminate concern the nonprofit Prescott Frontier Days would have control of taxpayer ...
One large Milky Way galaxy or many galaxies? 100 years ago, Edwin Hubble settled astronomy's 'Great Debate'
A hundred years ago, astronomer Edwin Hubble dramatically expanded the size of the known universe. At a meeting of the ...
Earth’s recent ‘mini-moon’ may be an actual piece of the moon, astronomers say
An asteroid that orbited near Earth for a few months as a mini-moon may be a chunk of the moon that was blasted off by an ...
Remember the 'mini-moon' last year? Study finds it was likely just a chunk of the actual moon
A chunk of space rock that visited near Earth's orbit last year was widely called a "mini-moon," a nickname that was more ...
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Dr. Gerard van Belle Appointed Director of Science at Lowell Observatory, Charting a Bold Future for Research
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz., Jan. 10, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Lowell Observatory is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Gerard van Belle as the new Director of Science. Van Belle, who has been an ...