LPL Spotlight Stories
![This view shows Saturn's northern hemisphere in 2016, as that part of the planet nears its northern hemisphere summer solstice in May 2017. (Photo: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute)](/sites/default/files/styles/az_card_image/public/spotlight/story/saturn_2-h.jpg?itok=VvWUN9qq)
What Deep Learning Reveals About Saturn’s Storms
A new technique allows researchers to dive deep into the ringed-giant's atmosphere to gain insights into Saturn's storms on a large-scale.
![A team of researchers found a grain (inset image) encased in a meteorite that survived the formation of our solar system and analyzed it with instruments sensitive enough to identify single atoms in a sample. Measuring 1/25,000th of an inch, the carbon-rich graphite grain (red) revealed an embedded speck of oxygen-rich material (blue), two types of stardust that were thought could not form in the same nova eruption. (Image: Heather Roper/University of Arizona)](/sites/default/files/styles/az_card_image/public/spotlight/story/ashes_dying_star-h.jpg?itok=sxO_9zQb)
Ashes of a Dying Star Hold Clues about Solar System's Birth
A dust grain forged in a stellar explosion predating our solar system reveals new insights about how stars end their lives and seed the universe with the building blocks of new stars and planets.
![Powerful Particles and Tugging Tides May Affect Extraterrestrial Life](/sites/default/files/styles/az_card_image/public/spotlight/story/trappest1-h.jpg?itok=B40HXVWn)
Powerful Particles and Tugging Tides May Affect Extraterrestrial Life
Two new studies by UA space scientists may bring into question the habitability of TRAPPIST-1 exoplanets, three of which are in the habitable zone of space.
![Dr. Michael Sori was presented with the Outstanding Postdoctoral Scholar Award at the 2019 Awards of Distinction Luncheon and Ceremony, on April 1st.](/sites/default/files/styles/az_card_image/public/spotlight/story/Michael_Sori-h.jpg?itok=542LApnx)
Congratulations to Dr. Michael M. Sori!
Dr. Michael Sori was presented with the Outstanding Postdoctoral Scholar Award at the 2019 Awards of Distinction Luncheon and Ceremony
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Alfred McEwen Appointed Regents' Professor
University Communications - April 15, 2019 The Arizona Board of Regents on April 11 confirmed the appointments of University of
![UA Study Suggests Possibility of Recent Underground Volcanism on Mars](/sites/default/files/styles/az_card_image/public/spotlight/story/mars_volcano-h.jpg?itok=G9-VX74W)
UA Study Suggests Possibility of Recent Underground Volcanism on Mars
A new study conducted by LPL scientists suggests volcanoes may have been recently boiling deep below the surface of the Red Planet, which could explain the potential presence of liquid water underneath the polar ice caps.
![NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft Enters Close Orbit Around Bennu, Breaking Record](/sites/default/files/styles/az_card_image/public/spotlight/story/orbital_bennu-h.jpg?itok=-Vylu1q6)
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft Enters Close Orbit Around Bennu, Breaking Record
By Erin Morton, OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return Mission - December 31, 2018 At 2:43 p.m. EST on December 31, while
![Stellar Corpse Reveals Clues to Missing Stardust](/sites/default/files/styles/az_card_image/public/spotlight/story/twin_jet_nebula-h.jpg?itok=YoJoofSZ)
Stellar Corpse Reveals Clues to Missing Stardust
The origin of stardust, which makes up most of the matter in our solar system, including us, is more complicated than previously thought, according to new observations of a mysterious object 15,000 light-years from Earth.
![UA Researcher Captures Rare Radar Images of Comet 46P/Wirtanen](/sites/default/files/styles/az_card_image/public/spotlight/story/Comet_p46-h.jpg?itok=e_-rsgpS)
UA Researcher Captures Rare Radar Images of Comet 46P/Wirtanen
A LPL-led team took the best known opportunity for the next 30 years to image a comet with radar, resulting in some unique and surprising information about Comet 46P/Wirtanen.
![UA-Led OSIRIS-REx Discovers Water on Asteroid Bennu](/sites/default/files/styles/az_card_image/public/spotlight/story/polycam_mosaic-h.jpg?itok=b4hmbzxs)
UA-Led OSIRIS-REx Discovers Water on Asteroid Bennu
Observations made by the spacecraft during its approach of Bennu reveal that the asteroid interacted with water in its early history and is an excellent specimen for the mission, which is slated to return a sample of surface material to Earth in 2023.
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