Image In a Galaxy Far, Far Away: UVU Professor Helps Discover Carbon Dioxide on Exoplanet Aug. 20, 2023 Joshua Lothringer (2019), assistant professor in the department of physics at Utah Valley University, helped discover the presence of carbon dioxide on an exoplanet 700 light years from Earth using the JWST. Read more
Image Interview with Nikole Lewis June 27, 2023 The Exocast team is joined by LPL alumna Nikole Lewis (2012), Professor and Deputy Director of the Carl Sagan institute at Cornell University. Read more
Image Cosmic Relief with David Grinspoon June 15, 2023 Grinspoon earned his Ph.D. from LPL in 1989. Read more
Image Icy Moonquakes: Surface Shaking Could Trigger Landslides April 14, 2023 Quakes could be the source of the mysteriously smooth terrain on the moons circling Jupiter and Saturn, according to a new study led by PTYS Graduate Student Mackenzie Mills. Read more
Image Ali Bramson Honored for Outstanding Teaching April 14, 2023 Ali Bramson (2018), assistant professor in Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences at Purdue University, explains how radar can be used to analyze a planet’s surface and what that could mean for the next mission to Mars. Read more
Image Maria Steinrueck Named a 51 Peg b Fellow for 2023 March 30, 2023 Maria Steinrueck (2021) named 51 Pegasi b Fellow. The fellowship provides postdoctoral scientists with the opportunity to conduct theoretical, observational, and experimental research in planetary astronomy. Read more
Image LPL Students Observe and Track “Near-Miss” Asteroid March 24, 2023 As a sizable asteroid makes a close pass by Earth, PTYS Graduate students David Cantillo and Adam Battle were ready to observe the action to practice and test procedures that could be useful in mitigating an impending asteroid impact in the future. Read more
Image Lifting the Veil Jan. 13, 2023 Sarah Hörst (2011) and Nikole Lewis (2012) team up to uncover properties of photochemical hazes in extrasolar planet atmospheres. Read more
Image NASA’s Lunar Flashlight Hitching Ride to Moon on SpaceX Rocket Dec. 10, 2022 NASA’s Lunar Flashlight spacecraft is hitching a ride to space on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket along with the privately-developed Hakuto-R moon lander. LPL Alum Barbara Cohen (2000) is the principal investigator for the Lunar Flashlight. Read more
Image NASA’s Lunar Flashlight SmallSat Readies for Launch Nov. 28, 2022 Barbara Cohen (2000) is the Lunar Flashlight principal investigator at NASA's Goddard Splace Flight Center. Read more
Image 'I Am Just So Excited For This Step To Be Taken' - Purdue Professor Weighs In On Artemis I Launch Nov. 16, 2022 Ali Bramson (2018) is part of Purdue's planetary science program, one of the largest programs in the country to use NASA spacecraft data to learn about the solar system. Read more
Image Mapping Rock Glaciers to Understand Their Future on Earth and Mars Nov. 16, 2022 LPL Graduate Student Tyler Meng and his advisor Jack Holt developed a new method for analyzing rock glaciers, which could help scientists better understand these "hidden giants" on Earth and Mars. Read more
Feb. 8, 2024 UArizona Team Seeks to Bridge Science and Policy with State Fellowship Program Read more
Oct. 30, 2023 Data From NASA’s WISE Used to Preview Lucy Mission’s Asteroid Dinkinesh Read more Image