LPL Newsletter

January 2024

The 2023 NSF Higher Education Research and Development survey ranks UArizona, led by LPL and Steward Observatory, #1 among all universities in space science research and development expenditures.

Recent volcanism on Mars reveals a surprisingly turbulent geologic history

This image taken by the European Space Agency's Mars Express orbiter shows an oblique view focusing on one of the vast lava flows in Elysium Planitia.ESA/DLR/FU Berlin
A team led by LPL alumna Joana Voigt and Associate Professor Christopher Hamilton combined spacecraft images and measurements from ground-penetrating radar to reconstruct and document more than
40 volcanic events in Elysium Planitia.

LPL scientists are analyzing samples from asteroid Bennu 

Discussing sample analysis measurements in the lab: doctoral students Zoë Wilbur, Lucas Smith and Iunn Ong (front to back).Chris Richards/University Communications
University of Arizona scientists have received 200 milligrams – roughly seven-thousandths of an ounce – of the asteroid Bennu sample for analysis. The small particles pictured here in a concavity slide are observed under an optical microscope.Chris Richards/University Communications
A suite of instruments at the Kuiper-Arizona Laboratory for Astromaterials Analysis allows the samples to be studied down to the atomic scale.

OSIRIS-REx Sample Analysis Begins

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