News David Grinspoon Honored as Lifetime AAAS Fellow Jan. 26, 2022 David Grinspoon (1989) of the Planetary Science Institute has been named an American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Fellow in the field of astronomy. Read more Image NASA Selects First Chief Scientist for the Planetary Data Ecosystem Dec. 16, 2021 LPL alumnus Moses Milazzo (2005) has been selected by NASA as First Chief Scientist for the Planetary Data Ecosystem. Read more Image Gravity Assist: How to Move an Asteroid, with Nancy Chabot Nov. 19, 2021 LPL alumna Nancy Chabot (1999) is Coordination Lead for the DART Mission. Read more Image Antarctic Search for Meteorites Program/Nancy Chabot NASA’s DART Mission Could Help Cancel an Asteroid Apocalypse Nov. 18, 2021 Our planet is vulnerable to thousands of “city-killer” space rocks. If—when—one is found on a collision course with Earth, will we be ready to deflect it? LPL alum Andy Rivkin is DART Co-Investigation Team Lead. Read more Image NASA/Johns Hopkins APL/Steve Gribben Elizabeth Turtle Named Alumna of the Year 2020-2021 Oct. 13, 2021 For her outstanding contributions to planetary science, the Arizona Alumni Association has named LPL alumna Dr. Elizabeth "Zibi" Turtle the 2020-2021 Alumna of the Year for the College of Science. Read more Image Zibi Turtle: Titan of Exploration Oct. 1, 2021 She’ll lead the Dragonfly mission to Saturn’s moon Titan. She’ll also lead the next generation of women in planetary science. Read more Image Johns Hopkins APL Jonathan Fortney Garners Simons Investigator in Astrophysics Award June 29, 2021 The $500,000 award from the Simons Foundation will support Fortney’s research on planetary atmospheres. Read more Image Still Taking Giant Leaps From Lunar Small Steps: Purdue Scientists Analyze Moon Dust Collected By Apollo 17 Astronauts June 28, 2021 Michelle Thompson is one of the new generation of scientists working on the Apollo moon missions. Read more Image Eve Berger Discusses NASA Asteroid Sample Return Mission June 23, 2021 Eve Berger, Senior Research Scientist at NASA Johnson Space Center, discusses her research and the importance of sample analysis as a panelist for “Ask an Astrobiologist: Everything You Wanted to Know about the OSIRIS-REx Mission to Bennu & Back.” Watch video Image The Vatican's Space Observatory Wants To See Stars And Faith Align June 6, 2021 At a time of growing diffidence toward some new scientific discoveries, the one and only Vatican institution that does scientific research, the Vatican Observatory, recently launched a campaign to promote dialogue between faith and science. LPL alumnus, Bro. Guy J. Consolmango, is the Director. Read more Image Pagination « First First page ‹ Previous Previous page … 1 2 3 4 5 … Next › Next page Last » Last page
David Grinspoon Honored as Lifetime AAAS Fellow Jan. 26, 2022 David Grinspoon (1989) of the Planetary Science Institute has been named an American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Fellow in the field of astronomy. Read more Image
NASA Selects First Chief Scientist for the Planetary Data Ecosystem Dec. 16, 2021 LPL alumnus Moses Milazzo (2005) has been selected by NASA as First Chief Scientist for the Planetary Data Ecosystem. Read more Image
Gravity Assist: How to Move an Asteroid, with Nancy Chabot Nov. 19, 2021 LPL alumna Nancy Chabot (1999) is Coordination Lead for the DART Mission. Read more Image Antarctic Search for Meteorites Program/Nancy Chabot
NASA’s DART Mission Could Help Cancel an Asteroid Apocalypse Nov. 18, 2021 Our planet is vulnerable to thousands of “city-killer” space rocks. If—when—one is found on a collision course with Earth, will we be ready to deflect it? LPL alum Andy Rivkin is DART Co-Investigation Team Lead. Read more Image NASA/Johns Hopkins APL/Steve Gribben
Elizabeth Turtle Named Alumna of the Year 2020-2021 Oct. 13, 2021 For her outstanding contributions to planetary science, the Arizona Alumni Association has named LPL alumna Dr. Elizabeth "Zibi" Turtle the 2020-2021 Alumna of the Year for the College of Science. Read more Image
Zibi Turtle: Titan of Exploration Oct. 1, 2021 She’ll lead the Dragonfly mission to Saturn’s moon Titan. She’ll also lead the next generation of women in planetary science. Read more Image Johns Hopkins APL
Jonathan Fortney Garners Simons Investigator in Astrophysics Award June 29, 2021 The $500,000 award from the Simons Foundation will support Fortney’s research on planetary atmospheres. Read more Image
Still Taking Giant Leaps From Lunar Small Steps: Purdue Scientists Analyze Moon Dust Collected By Apollo 17 Astronauts June 28, 2021 Michelle Thompson is one of the new generation of scientists working on the Apollo moon missions. Read more Image
Eve Berger Discusses NASA Asteroid Sample Return Mission June 23, 2021 Eve Berger, Senior Research Scientist at NASA Johnson Space Center, discusses her research and the importance of sample analysis as a panelist for “Ask an Astrobiologist: Everything You Wanted to Know about the OSIRIS-REx Mission to Bennu & Back.” Watch video Image
The Vatican's Space Observatory Wants To See Stars And Faith Align June 6, 2021 At a time of growing diffidence toward some new scientific discoveries, the one and only Vatican institution that does scientific research, the Vatican Observatory, recently launched a campaign to promote dialogue between faith and science. LPL alumnus, Bro. Guy J. Consolmango, is the Director. Read more Image