LPL Newsletter

October 1, 2026

LPL Evening Lecture
Wednesday, October 7, 2026
7:00p.m. (Arizona)
Lecture is free and open to the public.
 

Our Ocean World: Habitable Climates


Dr. Joellen Russell
Distinguished Professor
Thomas R. Brown Distinguished
Chair of Integrative Science
Department of Geosciences


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Soft and Stretchy or Rock Solid? New Modeling Study Sheds Light on How the Earth Got Its Moon

Researchers at LPL and the Southwest Research Institute used state-of-the-art computational techniques that revealed fundamental differences in how the moon may have formed from the collision between a Mars-sized object and Earth roughly 4.5 billion years ago.

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman Inspires LPL Students to Help Shape the Golden Age of Space Exploration

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman brought the agency's Inspiration Tour to the University of Arizona, sparking excitement about where America is headed in space and the opportunities for a new generation to help shape it.
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