Lowell Observatory holds I Heart Pluto Festival

An annual event over recent years, the I Heart Pluto Festival in Flagstaff, Arizona, celebrates the history, heritage, and cutting-edge astronomy at Lowell Observatory. On Feb. 18, 1930, the young astronomer Clyde Tombaugh discovered Pluto, considered for decades a planet and “demoted” to dwarf planet status in 2008. Following the discovery, Tombaugh traveled down MarsContinue reading “Lowell Observatory holds I Heart Pluto Festival”
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