LPL Spotlight Stories

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.

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".

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.

Space Sciences, Water Resources, Geosciences Excel in Latest US News Global Ranking

The University of Arizona earned its best scores in the space science category, placing No. 8 overall, No. 6 in the U.S. and No. 2 among public universities.

Studying Arctic Glaciers with Airborne Radar: UArizona Project Attracts $30M from NASA

The Snow4Flow mission will measure glaciers' ice and snow thickness and help scientists better predict how glacial melting contributes to sea level change.

Webb Telescope Finds Plethora of Carbon Molecules Around Young Star

An international team of astronomers, including University of Arizona scientists, has used NASA's James Webb Space Telescope to study the disk of gas and dust around a young, very low-mass star.

Near-Earth Asteroid Was Blasted From a Crater on the Moon, Study Finds

For the first time, scientists have traced an asteroid to its exact place of origin – a particular crater on the moon.

Two UArizona Astrobiology Researchers Named AAAS Fellows

Lunar and Planetary Laboratory Regents Professor Dante Lauretta and Professor Dániel Apai named AAAS Fellows.

Humans Will Again Set Foot on the Moon; This Time, They'll Have UArizona Science in Tow

UArizona scientists mapped the moon for the Apollo missions. Now, as NASA astronauts prepare to return to the moon, two of the three instruments they'll bring have UArizona ties.

How Pluto Got Its 'Heart'

The mystery of how Pluto got a giant heart-shaped feature on its surface has finally been solved by an international team of astrophysicists.