The Lunar and Planetary Laboratory at the University of Arizona in Tucson.
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In the constellation Pictor lies a structure called the "Cat's Tail." LPL graduate student Arin Avsar and team have captured previously unseen details of the Cat's Tail in visible light using the Hubble Space Telescope. news.arizona.edu/news/enormo…
Don't forget to mark your calendar! The last 2026 LPL Evening Lecture is one week from tonight!
Join LPL two weeks from tonight as we welcome Dr. Dante Lauretta who will speak on "Bennu’s Ancient Waters: Asteroid Samples and the Chemical Origins of Life." More information can be found here: lpl.arizona.edu/events/2026-…
Please join us in congratulating Claire Cook, who today successfully defended her Ph.D. Dissertation, The Extent and Formation History of Buried Ice on Mars. 🎉
📸Claire is pictured with her Ph.D. advisor, Dr. Shane Byrne.
The LPL-led NASA mission that helped transform how scientists understand asteroids and the history of our solar system officially came to an end Sept. 30. Here are 5 things we learned. news.arizona.edu/employee-ne…
Join LPL two weeks from tonight as we welcome Dr. Dante Lauretta who will speak on "Bennu’s Ancient Waters: Asteroid Samples and the Chemical Origins of Life." More information can be found here: lpl.arizona.edu/events/2026-…
Congrats to LPL alum Moses Milazzo on his new role on the Flagstaff, AZ city council! azdailysun.com/news/local/co…
n April 2029, the asteroid Apophis is expected to pass within about 20,000 miles of Earth's surface – closer than satellites carrying TV broadcasts and satellite images. LPL's OSIRIS-APEX will be gathering data about the asteroid during a scheduled flyby. news.arizona.edu/news/three-…
Researchers spent 11 hours staring at WISE 0855, the coldest known brown dwarf, collecting a spectrum of its light every 15 minutes, resulting in the first direct confirmation that water clouds on another body are changing thickness over time. news.arizona.edu/news/discov…
September 30 marked the formal end of NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission. In the more than two decades since its inception, the mission overcame several challenges to accomplish unprecedented feats of exploration and science. news.arizona.edu/news/tenaci…
Don't forget to join us tonight! More details about the lecture are here: lpl.arizona.edu/events/2026-…
The next LPL Evening Lecture is Wednesday, October 7 and features Dr. Joellen Russell! More information is here: lpl.arizona.edu/events/2026-…
Please join us one week from tonight to hear Dr. Joellen Russell speak on "Our Ocean World: Habitable Climates."
The next LPL Evening Lecture is Wednesday, October 7 and features Dr. Joellen Russell! More information is here: lpl.arizona.edu/events/2026-…
The Southwest Skies Astronomy and Dark Skies Festival is this week! Be sure to stop by!
LPL is participating in the first annual Southwest Skies Astronomy and Dark Skies Festival from October 1-3. Find more information here: southwestskies.cfa.harvard.e…
While orbiting Mars, LPL's HiRISE camera has sent more than 100,000 photos to Earth over the last 20 years. tucsonsentinel.com/local/rep…
UArizona Lunar and Planetary Laboratory retweeted
A big day for space research at the @UArizona. @NASAAdmin Jared Isaacman and the @NASA Inspiration Tour came to campus, where students and researchers showcased the work advancing the future of space exploration.
LPL welcomes NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman to campus today! 🚀
I love visiting students who are growing up in a world where America is returning to the Moon, building a Moon Base, preparing to get underway under nuclear power, and launching missions to unlock the secrets of the universe. The students at the University of Arizona are already playing a part, just as this institution has since the earliest days of America’s space program.
From incredibly badass missions like OSIRIS-REx, to NIRCam on Webb and HiRISE at Mars, to their work on LEMS that NASA astronauts will deploy on the lunar surface, and now Pandora studying exoplanet atmospheres, this university has its fingerprints all over the great frontier.
Just so exciting to be around and witness.
The next LPL Evening Lecture is Wednesday, October 7 and features Dr. Joellen Russell! More information is here: lpl.arizona.edu/events/2026-…