Author Archives: Jeffrey Hall

(Reprint of press release written by visiting astronomer Dr. Amanda Bosh of MIT) On 23 June 2011, Pluto passed in front of a star and cast a small shadow on the Earth, and astronomers from Lowell Observatory were waiting. Four … Continue reading →

Welcome to Lowell Observatory’s new Web site.  For now, the site has four main areas.  Two are devoted to research — you can read about our astronomers’ projects and get all the latest news about the Discovery Channel Telescope.  Two … Continue reading →