On May 11, LPL had the pleasure of hosting the University of Arizona Press reception celebrating the release of Mars: Pristine Beauty of the Red Planet. With explanatory captions in 24 languages and a gallery of more than 200 images, this distinctive volume brings a timely and clear look
2017 Spring Department News
2016 was a record year for NEO discovery: CSS led the league with 930 discoveries.
by Margaret Landis
This semester’s fieldtrip, led by Joe Spitale, was to southwestern Utah, with major stops at Zion and Bryce Canyon National Parks, to explore the geology of the Colorado Plateau, especially the series of sedimentary layers that form the Grand Staircase. The faulting, stratigraphy, and uplift all
The papers of Ewen Whitaker, who passed away last October (2016), have been added to the University of Arizona Libraries History of Science (Pioneers of Planetary Science) collection.
Congratulations to the OSIRIS-REx project, named Arizonan of the Year by the Arizona Republic newspaper (Phoenix). Take a moment to read about Arizona's appreciation for "the glittering constellation of scientists, engineers and others who made this happen."
Congratulations to Glinda Davidson, the 2017 recipient of the LPL Outstanding Staff Award!
Andrea Banzatti joined LPL in October 2016 as a Postdoctoral Research Associate with Associate Professor Ilaria Pascucci. Andrea is trying to unveil unknown parts of the story of planet formation from multi-wavelength observations of protoplanetary disks. By observing them at UV, optical, infrared, and millimeter wavelengths, and especially using
OSIRIS-REx was the focus of hundreds of articles and interviews in 2017. Selected articles are listed here.