LPL Spotlight Stories

We're at Bennu! What's Next?

The LPL-led OSIRIS-REx mission kicks into high gear while the spacecraft is on its final approach, closing in on asteroid Bennu and scheduled for arrival on Dec. 3. UA mission experts explain what comes next.

UA Ranked in Top 25 for Research Funding

The UA's strengths in physical sciences and NASA funding make it one of the top research universities in the country, according to the Higher Education Research and Development survey recently released by the NSF.

Ceres Takes Life an Ice Volcano at a Time

By Emily Walla, NASA Intern/University Communications - September 14, 2018 Every year throughout its 4.5-billion-year life, ice volcanoes on the

OSIRIS-REx Captures First Glimpse of Asteroid Bennu

By Daniel Stolte, University Communications, and Erin Morton, OSIRIS-REx - August 24, 2018 After an almost two-year journey through space

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