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The Lunar and Planetary Laboratory at the University of Arizona in Tucson.
Tucson, AZ
Joined April 2010
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LPL scientists like Dr. DellaGuistina and Dr. Bray are transforming seismic technology into tools that can survive space. From icy moons like Europa, asteroids, and our moon, these planetary seismometers unlock hidden worlds beneath.
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Europa Clipper is a NASA mission to study Jupiter’s moon Europa, a world that might harbor alien life. LPL is involved with two key instruments which will map above and below the moon’s surface to examine whether life could survive below the surface.
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Nature had the conditions to "cook up" the chemical precursor ingredients for life before Earth formed, according to studies published by the sample analysis team of NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission, which is led by LPL's Regents Professor Dante Lauretta.
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Learn more about LPL Professor Jack Holt's Snow4Flow mission to study arctic glaciers with the goal of improving climate modeling and predicting sea level rise.
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Congrats to LPL alums Dr. James Keane and Dr. Michelle Thompson on their Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers!
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Please join us in congratulating Ricardo Maciel, who today successfully defended his M.S. Thesis, Characterization of a Tunable All-Reflective Spatial Heterodyne Spectrometer. Congratulations, Ricky! 📸: Ricky is pictured with his M.S. advisor, Dr. Walt Harris.
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LPL scientists discover 'kiss and capture' mechanism to explain the formation of Pluto and its largest moon.
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RT @ArtofPtys: T-1 day left to submit to TAPS! We have a fantastic show lineup coming in February and could not be more excited to share in…
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Congrats to recent LPL alum Adam Battle!
Months after earning his Ph.D., Adam Battle received a $1M grant from NASA. In partnership with his mentor, Vishnu Reddy, they will continue characterizing near-earth asteroids for the next four years. Learn how @uazresearch supported their work from the early stages
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LPL Regents Professor Dante Lauretta is co-author of a new article suggesting the order with which amino acids – building blocks of the genetic code – were recruited is at odds with what is widely considered the "consensus" of genetic code evolution.
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The @uarizona , which includes LPL, has held the NSF's No. 1 ranking in astronomy and astrophysics expenditures each year since 1987.
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LPL's Professor Ilaria Pascucci discusses a new study on protoplanetary disks, described as a cradle where new planets are born.
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If you are planning on applying to our PhD program for Fall 2025, applications are due this coming Friday, December 13, 2024 at 5:00pm MST. Find more information here:
The Fall 2025 Ph.D. program application is now open! More information:
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LPL scientists detected space rock that fell over Russia.
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LPL is home to both Catalina Sky Survey and Spacewatch.
At 11:14am EST, a very small (<1m) #asteroid will impact Earth's atmosphere and create a harmless fireball over eastern Russia's Olyokminsky District. The asteroid was first observed with the University of Arizona's Bok telescope by the @NASA funded Catalina Sky Survey and Spacewatch. The impact prediction was made by the Scout system at @NASAJPL's Center for Near-Earth Object Studies (CNEOS).
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Local #Tucson teachers! Join us on Saturday, Dec. 14th for a Waters Center for Systems Thinking STEMAZing Workshop held in collaboration with the University of Arizona's Lunar and Planetary Lab - Imagine Alien Worlds: the Hunt for Earth Twins.
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Solar astronomers at LPL are celebrating a milestone moment for one of NASA’s biggest missions of the decade.
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We hope you can join us this evening either in-person in #Tucson or virtually for the last fantastic LPL Evening Lecture of the semester.
Mark your calendars for Wednesday, November 20! It's the last LPL Evening Lecture of the fall semester. Visit for all the details!
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Please join us in congratulating Adam Battle, who today successfully defended his Ph.D. Dissertation, Implications of Non-Compositional Effects on Spectral Characterization of Natural and Artificial Space Objects. 📸: Adam is pictured with his Ph.D. advisor, Dr. Vishnu Reddy
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