LPL Spotlight Stories
New 'Spectral Fingerprint' Atlas of Satellites Aims to Improve Space Security
LPL researchers have created the first astronomical equivalent of a fingerprint database for satellites, a critical first step toward easily identifying human-made objects in the increasingly crowded geostationary orbit.
U of A Scientists Have Their Eyes on Europa, Jupiter's Mysterious, Icy Moon
The largest spacecraft to ever explore the solar system, NASA's Europa Clipper, will orbit Jupiter and make 49 planned flybys of its moon Europa to study the moon's icy shell and help researchers better understand what lies beneath.
Winds of Change: James Webb Space Telescope Reveals Elusive Details in Young Star Systems
Planet-forming disks, maelstroms of gas and dust swirling around your stars, are nurseries that give rise to planetary systems, including our solar system. U of A astronomers have discovered new details of gas flows that sculpt those disks and shape them over time.
OSIRIS-REx, 1 Year Later: Asteroid Sample Continues to Provide Clues About Early Solar System and Origins of Life on Earth
It's been a year since NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft successfully delivered the largest-ever asteroid sample to Earth on Sept. 24, 2023.
Ali Bramson Receives Ronald Greeley Early Career Award
Dr. Ali Bramson, 2018 LPL Alum, receives 2024 Ronald Greeley Early Career Award in Planetary Sciences from the American Geophysical Union.
Space Rock Summer Camp
Apply to join this exciting opportunity for a small group of undergraduate students to experience the thrill of learning about meteorites through a 2-week immersive introduction at the University of Arizona’s Lunar & Planetary Laboratory.
The Art of Planetary Science 2025
The Art of Planetary Science is an annual art exhibition run by the University of Arizona's Lunar and Planetary Laboratory. This year's theme - "50 Years of Discovery and Mystery on Mars".
LPL Evening Lecture Series 2024: Return to the Moon
Join us this fall for three lectures highlighting current research and instrumentation at LPL that will support future lunar exploration and the Artemis III mission.
Bennu Holds the Solar System's 'Original Ingredients,' Might have Been Part of a Wet World
OSIRIS-REx sample scientists took a deep dive into the rocks and dust returned from asteroid Bennu. They found that the sample is rich in carbon, nitrogen and organic compounds - essential components for life as we know it.