LPL Spotlight Stories

Steep Slopes on Mars Reveal Structure of Buried Ice
By University Communications - January 12, 2018 Researchers using the University of Arizona-led HiRISE camera aboard NASA's Mars Reconnaissance...

UA in the Running for a New NASA Mission
By University Communications - December 21, 2017 NASA has chosen a planetary mission involving a team from the University of...

UA Students Participate in First Global Planetary Defense Exercise
By Emily Walla, NASA Space Grant Intern, University Communications - December 4, 2017 University of Arizona students recently took part...

Recurring Martian Streaks: Flowing Sand, Not Water?
Jet Propulsion Laboratory/Caltech and University Communications - Nov. 21, 2017 Dark features on Mars previously considered evidence for subsurface flowing...

Earth's New Buddy Is Asteroid, Not Space Junk
By Daniel Stolte, University Communications and Vishnu Reddy,LPL - Oct. 17, 2017 Is it a bird? Is it a plane?...

Earth to OSIRIS-REx Cameras: I'm Ready for My Close-Up
University Communications - October 4, 2017 On Sept. 22, OSIRIS-REx soared under the South Pole, coming within 10,600 miles of...

Asteroid-Comet Is New Type of Object
By ESA/Hubble Space Telescope and Daniel Stolte, University Communications - Sept. 25, 2017 With the help of the NASA/ESA Hubble...

OSIRIS-REx Swings by Earth
By Daniel Stolte, University Communications - September 20, 2017 As you are reading this, a spacecraft is coming right at...

After Farewell Kiss, Cassini Takes the Plunge
By Daniel Stolte, University Communications - September 13, 2017 When NASA's Cassini spacecraft careens to its final destination, the upper...

Stellar Corpse Sheds Light on Cosmic Rays
By Daniel Stolte, University Communications - September 4, 2017 The origin of cosmic rays, high-energy particles from outer space unceasingly...