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The Lunar and Planetary Laboratory at the University of Arizona in Tucson.
Tucson, AZ
Joined April 2010
The application to join the LPL Planetary Sciences PhD program is now open! Visit for more information.
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Asteroid Bennu – the target of NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission, led by LPL – is a mixture of materials from throughout, and beyond, our solar system. Over billions of years, its uniquely varied contents have been transformed by water and the space environment.
news.arizona.edu
Three new papers reveal yet more secrets from samples collected by the University of Arizona-led OSIRIS-REx mission from asteroid Bennu.
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Dr. Hamilton is the first in our "Space on Earth" LPL Evening Lectures for Fall 2025! Come listen to Dr. Hamilton speak on "Mars on Earth: Testing Tomorrow's Mars Missions in Iceland." More information can be found here:
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Please join us in congratulating Samantha Moruzzi, who today successfully defended her Ph.D. Dissertation, Geophysical Evolution of Sputnik Basin on Pluto. Congratulations, Samantha!. 📸: Samantha is pictured with her advisor, Dr. Jeff Andrews-Hanna.
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It's time to mark your calendars! The 2025 LPL Evening Lecture Series features "Space on Earth." You can attend any lecture in-person or virtually. We hope to see you there!
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A recently discovered extraterrestrial "visitor" is hurtling toward the inner solar system at 130,000 miles per hour and has quickly captured the attention of astronomers and space enthusiasts around the world, including here at LPL.
news.arizona.edu
Discovered only a week ago, comet 3I/ATLAS is only the third known visitor from outside the solar system. U of A astronomer Carson Fuls explains what makes the comet special – and why we can only...
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Join LPL Prof. Pierre Haenecour at the @desertmuseum during Cool Summer Nights on July 19! More details can be found here:
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Please join us in congratulating Samuel Myers, who today successfully defended his Ph.D. Dissertation, Understanding the Limits of Simple Thermal Models for Characterizing Near-Earth Asteroids. Congratulations, Sam!. 📸: Sam is pictured with his Ph.D. advisor, Dr. Ellen Howell
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Article on the potential impact to LPL planetary missions from the proposed NASA budget.
tucsonsentinel.com
The proposed 2026 NASA budget calls for defunding seven University of Arizona-led space missions even though some, including the well-known OSIRIS project, have already been launched into operation.
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The @uarizona ranked #4 in space sciences globally according to the latest report from US News and World report! This ranking includes both LPL and @StewardAstro. Read more about this honor here:
usnews.com
See the U.S. News rankings for the world's top universities in Space Science. Compare the academic programs at the world's best universities.
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An international team of astronomers including researchers from LPL has unveiled groundbreaking findings about the disks of gas and dust surrounding nearby young stars, using the powerful Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array, or ALMA.
news.arizona.edu
New observations of 30 planet-forming disks – the birthplaces of planets around stars – reveal in greater detail than ever how gas and dust behave over time and shape the evolution of exoplanet...
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Take a look at the contribution to the commentary in Nature Astronomy by LPL graduate student Kayla Smith.
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Congrats to LPL graduate student Anna Taylor! 🎉
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Kudos to LPL graduate student Maizey Benner! 🥳
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Please join us in congratulating Galen Bergsten, who today successfully defended their Ph.D. Dissertation, Modeling Exoplanet Demographics Across Detection Methods. Congratulations, Galen!. 📸: Galen is pictured with their Ph.D. advisor, Dr. Ilaria Pascucci.
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A new study led by LPL's Dr. Sam Crossley reveals a surprising new way planetary cores formed.
news.arizona.edu
A U of A-led study reveals a surprising way planetary cores formed. The findings could reshape how scientists understand the early evolution of rocky planets like Mars.
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We are so excited to welcome this meteorite to LPL! Thank you @AZStateMuseum for your generosity!
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Team led by LPL graduate student Naman Bajaj uses JWST observations to provide a detailed look at how planets form from a turbulent cloud of hydrogen gas.
Winds, Jets, and Wigglings from Young Stars and Their Disks. New JWST observations provide a richly detailed look at the jets from young stars still shrouded in dusty disks. @UArizonaLPL.
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Congratulations, LPL Professor Ilaria Pascucci! 🥳
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