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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
This post is based on content originally created by Gregg Herres and William K Hartmann. We are bringing it to you today, as we celebrate the Moon with International Observe the Moon Night, and as we ...
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 ...
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 ...
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: ...
Observations of the North Polar Layered Deposits exhibiting spiral troughs that confound flow models. Left: Mariner 9 image taken in 1972. (Credit Credit: NASA/JPL) Right: Mars Express image taken in ...
Long period comet C/2006 P1 (McNaught) over the Pacific ocean, as imaged from Paranal Observatory in 2007. Credit: ESO/Sebastian Deiries The Gaia mission has allowed researchers to understand the ...
Dec. 18, 2024, TUCSON, Ariz. – The Planetary Science Institute has selected University of Arizona graduate student Namya Baijal and Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur doctoral candidate Mishal K T ...
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