Lowell Observatory, founded in 1894, is an independent, non-profit research institution focused on astronomy and planetary science. It operates ground-based telescopes, including the Lowell Discovery Telescope, and its scientists also utilize space-based telescopes like the Hubble Space Telescope. Known for historic discoveries such as Pluto and evidence of the expanding universe, Lowell Observatory continues to study the solar system, exoplanets, stars, and galaxies.
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Researchers from MIT Lincoln Laboratory, the MIT Haystack Observatory, and Lowell Observatory are working on a NASA-funded concept study called the Great Observatory for Long Wavelengths (GO-LoW).
Percival Lowell, a member of a prominent Boston family, became the central proponent of observations and promotion of the Mars "canals" and built Lowell Observatory in Arizona to observe the planet.
The in-orbit manufactured 20-meter optical boom interferometer will include a modular internal optics bench developed by Made In Space with Lowell Observatory.