When asteroids travel too close to white dwarfs, the dense remnants of stars that have exhausted their nuclear fuel, powerful ...
Impacts can carve out large craters because the mass and velocity of the impactor work together to shatter the landscape in much the same way as the mass and ...
TUCSON, Ariz. — Planetary Science Institute Senior Scientist and Senior Education and Communications Specialist JA Grier (ee/em/eir) has advanced to the position of chair of the American Astronomical ...
PSI is launching The Art of Discovery evening lecture series, and we’d love for you to join us for our inaugural event on Friday, October 23! This series will bring scientists, space enthusiasts, and ...
Cycle 28 program 16167 is a straight forward program to execute. Attention to detail must be carried out on the reduction side. For the 2 orbits 12 images will be collected. Each image will be PSF fit ...
Experience the intersection of art and planetary science through the remarkable works of renowned artist, planetary scientist, and Planetary Science Institute co-founder William K. Hartmann and other ...
Oct. 28, 2024, TUCSON, Ariz. – The Moon and Mars are pocked with giant impact craters acquired very long ago, while there appears to be a dearth of them on Earth and Venus. Time may have healed many ...
Top: Black and white image of the Moon from Moon Mineralogy Mapper data. Bottom: Map of water on the Moon. The different colors represent different shapes to the water absorption and correlate with ...
Your support makes a difference! As a Planetary Partner, YOU will enable our Scientists and Educators to advance world-class Solar System research and grassroots ...
Illustration of the uncertainty of Earth's orbit 56 million years ago due to a potential past passage of the Sun-like star HD7977 2.8 million years ago. Each point's distance from the center ...
Sept. 22, 2026, TUCSON, Ariz. — Conditions on the early Earth may have become stable enough to sustain the chemistry associated with the origins of life around 4.33 billion years ago, according to new ...
The Marius Hills Pit (MHP) on the surface of the Moon. MHP will be studied by PSI-led GIMLI, through the NASA PRISM program, to investigate a possible lava tube beneath the surface. Credit: ...
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