LPL Spotlight Stories
HiRISE Brings the Red Planet's Beauty to Your Coffee Table
By Daniel Stolte, University Communications - May 15, 2017 A gorgeous, sumptuous tome chock-full of stunning images taken by the
Alumni Achievement Award for Dante Lauretta
By UA Alumni Association - May 9, 2017 Dante Lauretta, leader of the University of Arizona's biggest space mission, will
Surveying the Scenery 90 Million Miles From Earth
By Daniel Stolte/UA News and Erin Morton/LPL - February 9, 2017 A NASA spacecraft has begun its search for an
The Mystery of Ahuna Mons, the Lonely Ice Volcano
By American Geophysical Union/University Communications - February 2, 2017 A recently discovered solitary ice volcano on the dwarf planet Ceres
It's a Bird … It's a Plane … It's the Tiniest Asteroid!
By Daniel Stolte, University Communications - November 30, 2016 Astronomers have obtained observations of the smallest asteroid ever characterized in
Cracked, Frozen and Tipped Over: New Clues From Pluto's Past
By Daniel Stolte, University Communications - November 16, 2016 Sputnik Planitia, a 1,000-kilometer-wide basin within the iconic heart-shaped region observed
Psyche: Unexpected Discoveries on a Metal World
By Daniel Stolte, University Communications - October 21, 2016 Astronomers have discovered possible evidence for water on the surface of
More Evidence for 9th Planet on Solar System's Fringes
By Daniel Stolte - University Communications, October 21, 2016 As the search for a hypothetical, unseen planet far beyond Neptune's
Boynton's Mission to Mars, 30 Years in the Making
By Emily Litvack, October 17, 2016 Before his life's work got to Mars, Bill Boynton toiled, witnessed an explosion, and
Malhotra Named Regents' Professor
April 12, 2016 LPL Professor Renu Malhotra is one of three University of Arizona faculty members named as Regents' Professors