LPL Spotlight Stories

A star close to the size of the sun releases its outer layers near the end of its life. These materials disperse throughout space, and some of them end up in meteorites here on Earth.

Microscopic Findings, Astronomic Implications

By Rebecca Peiffer, NASA Space Grant Intern, University Relations - Communications, October 16, 2015 Imagine that you could travel back

Charles Conrad examines Surveyor's TV camera prior to detaching it on Nov. 20, 1969. The Apollo 12 lunar module is in the background. (Image: NASA)

NASA's Surveyor Lander Brought the Moon to the World

By Robin Tricoles, University Relations - Communications, August 17, 2016 While their colleague Richard F. Gordon was busy orbiting the

The Kepler spacecraft (Image: NASA)

UA-Led Team Confirms 100+ Exoplanets Via Kepler

By Daniel Stolte, University Relations - Communications. July 18, 2016 An international team of astronomers led by the University of

Bennu is among millions of primitive asteroids composed of molecules that may have been the precursors to life on Earth. (Image: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Conceptual Image Lab)

Bennu: How a Little Asteroid Became a Rock Star

By Robin Tricoles, University Relations - Communications, June 29, 2016 Carl Hergenrother fingers a stack of white, 8 1/2- by

It wasn't until she took a community college course that UA alumna Daniella DellaGiustina became fascinated by space science. (Photo: Bob Demers/UANews)

Career Map Surprised OSIRIS-REx Scientist

By Doug Carroll, University Relations - Communications, September 6, 2016 CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — It's a long, long, l-o-n-g way