Yesterday was our Grand Opening of the Astronomy Discovery Center! A few friends took the time to share their congrats. It was a day filled with excitement and wonder. We hope our new astronomy center shares with everyone the power of AWE! Come discover with us! ✨. [Thank you:

Escape the heat this Labor Day & explore the cosmos at Lowell!.✨ Pluto Discovery Telescope.🔭 24" Dyer Telescope.🌠 Universe Theater.🚀 Orbits Curiosity Zone.🌌 Stardust Lab & more.📅 Open all weekend.Plan your visit:

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☔ Raindrops or shooting stars — the universe always shines at Lowell. Explore the Universe Theater, Orbits Curiosity Zone & Stardust Lab. A cosmos of discovery awaits, no umbrella required!. 🔭 Plan your visit:

Astronomers at Lowell Observatory just captured the sharpest look yet at one of the heaviest star pairs in our galaxy ✨. NGC 3603-A1: two giants, 93 & 70x the Sun’s mass, orbiting every 3.8 days. 🔗 📸: N. Morrell, K. Farrell

Only a few weeks left to join our Lowell Discovery Telescope Excursions! 🚍🔭Tour the 5th-largest optical telescope in the U.S. before the season ends Sept 27. 📅 Saturdays | 11:45 AM–3 PM.🎟️ $200 | 20% off members. Book now → 📸 Harun Mehmedinovic

Yesterday was Pluto Demotion Day 🪐✨.Back in 2006, Pluto was reclassified as a dwarf planet. But this little world is still making big headlines — from its atmosphere to becoming Arizona’s official state planet in 2024. Let’s celebrate Pluto for all that it is. 💫

Astronomers found a powerful, compact object in galaxy NGC 4945 about 11 million light years away. Named Punctum, it is far brighter than most known cosmic sources and does not fit any known category. Source: 📸 ESO / Elena Shablovinskaia et al.

What do animals see when they look at the night sky? 🌌🐾. Does a chimpanzee ever gaze at the stars? Can a fish see the Moon? Find out Aug 22 with Dr. Michael West in Guided by the Night: Can Animals See the Stars?. 📅 7–8 PM | Included w/ admission:

Astronomers have found the most distant fast radio burst ever seen. The signal traveled 10 billion years from a tiny galaxy in Virgo, likely from an ultra-magnetic dead star called a magnetar. 📸 NASA/JPL-Caltech, Govert Schilling | Source: Sky & Telescope

Last Quarter Moon tonight with the Pleiades close by ✨.The Moon rises ~11 p.m.–midnight, the Pleiades ~20 min later. By dawn, they’ll be high in the southeast, side-by-side for a stunning view. 📸: Drew Evans

August skies = deep sky gems 🔭. 1️⃣ Trifid Nebula — Dylan Short/Lowell Obs. 2️⃣ Eagle Nebula — Ryan Mayberry/Lowell Obs. 3️⃣ Whirlpool Galaxy — Neugent/Massey/Lowell Obs./NSF.4️⃣ M15 — Neugent/Massey/Lowell Obs./NSF. 🔭 See them at Lowell!

The Summer Triangle is a giant asterism high in the August sky—made up of:. ✨ Vega (Lyra).🦢 Deneb (Cygnus).🦅 Altair (Aquila). One of the easiest patterns to spot this time of year. Ask how to find it on your next visit → 📸: A. Fujii, NASA

August mornings are busy in the sky. Venus, Jupiter and Mercury — as pictured above — will shine just before sunrise. 🌟 Venus & Jupiter: close conjunction Aug 12.🌙 Moon nearby: Jupiter (Aug 19), Venus (Aug 20), Mercury (Aug 21). 📸 NASA

Saturn is rising earlier each night as it heads toward opposition next month—its brightest time of year. By late August, look for it around 8 PM in Pisces. The Moon will pass nearby on August 11. 🔭 View it through our telescopes:

The Perseids are back!.This fan-favorite meteor shower runs through Sept 1 and peaks Aug 12 with up to 60 meteors/hour. 🌌 Best viewing: Midnight–dawn.✨ Radiant: Perseus.☄️ Caused by Comet Swift-Tuttle. Plan your stargazing now: 📸 NASA / Preston Dyches

Mark your calendars—here’s how the Moon will shape the night sky this month:. 🌗 First Quarter: Aug 1 + Aug 30.🌕 Full Moon: Aug 9.🌘 Third Quarter: Aug 15.🌑 New Moon: Aug 22. Use the dark sky around the New Moon to spot faint deep-sky objects like nebulae and galaxies!.📸: NASA

Nebula season is here—and the skies are putting on a show. Pictured: the Lagoon Nebula (~4,000 light-years away). Want to capture them yourself?. Join our Astrophotography Course → Image: Sky & Telescope / Gábor Tóth

The Sun takes 225 million years to orbit the Milky Way. Sharks have been around long enough to do it twice. They’re not just old. They’re orbit seasoned. That’s a wrap on our Shark Week series. Want more? Read the blog: 📸 NASA/JPL-Caltech

Lowell in the spotlight!. 📸 Our Discovery Telescope captured interstellar object 3I/ATLAS in Scientific American (@sciam). 🌠 Dr. Zhang shares Perseid tips (@Forbes)

They’ve seen it all — even Polaris come together. 🦈.Sharks: 400+ million years old. Polaris: Just a baby by comparison. The North Star is actually 3 stars: Polaris A (supergiant), Ab (close companion), and B (the only one old enough to maybe rival sharks at ~2 billion). 📸 NASA

🌑 New Moon = dark skies = deep space magic. Tonight’s your best chance this month to spot nebulae, galaxies & more. Look up!. 🎟️: 📸: Swan Nebula | Dylan Short taken at Lowell