LPL Spotlight Stories

LPL Scientists Gear Up to 'Touch the Sun'

By Daniel Stolte, University Communications - August 8, 2018 Look at any image of the Earth taken from space and

Planet-Forming Disks May Resemble Solar System 5 Billion Years Ago

By Emily Litvack, UA Research, Discovery and Innovation - June 14, 2018 To make a planet, you need stuff. Protoplanetary

UA Encourages Visually Impaired Teens in STEM

By Alexis Blue, University Communications - June 13, 2018 Maggie Lindsay's long, white cane swishes back and forth through the

What it Takes to Discover Small Rocks in Space

By Daniel Stolte, University Communications - June 6, 2018 Once every month, on average, somewhere on Earth a fireball appears

Optical Sciences Student Off to Japan for Space Mission

By Amee Hennig, UA College of Optical Sciences - May 31, 2018 Adriana Mitchell, an undergraduate in the University of

Air Force Research Lab, Others Tap UA Space Expertise

By Emily Litvack, UA Research, Discovery and Innovation - May 8, 2018 If we spent 60 years leaving every car

New Estimates of Mercury's Thin, Dense Crust

By Emily Walla, UA/NASA Space Grant Intern, University Communications - April 24, 2018 Mercury is small, fast and close to

UA Researchers Track Chinese Space Station as it Falls to Earth

By Emily Litvack - March 22, 2018 A defunct Chinese space station, Tiangong-1, is expected to fall to Earth any

LPL Astronomers Track Tesla Roadster in Space

By Emily Walla, UA/NASA Space Grant Communications Intern - February 20, 2018 Earlier this month, the Falcon Heavy rocket successfully

UA Researchers on Winning Team in Lunar Exploration Competition

By Emily Dieckman, UA College of Engineering - February 9, 2018 Pink Floyd aside, there isn't actually a dark side