A mysterious object discovered in the main asteroid belt in 2021 was determined to be a main-belt comet by Planetary Science Institute Senior Scientist Henry Hsieh, Scott Sheppard of the Carnegie ...

Nov. 18, 2024, TUCSON, Ariz. – Billions of years ago, a giant asteroid struck the Moon with so much energy that it melted rock until it was super-heated and white-hot, or what scientists call impact ...

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PSI is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) corporation, and an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability/veterans.

PSI is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) corporation, and an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability/veterans.

Uranus’ moon Miranda might have once harbored an ocean beneath its surface, according to research published in the Planetary Science Journal. The work was led by graduate student Caleb Strom of the ...

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 ...

Nov. 1, 2024, TUCSON, Ariz. – On a cold, ancient Mars, rivers flowed and a lake the size of the Mediterranean Sea swelled under the protection of thick ice ceilings, according to new research ...

A study recently published in the journal Nature Astronomy upends conventional wisdom regarding the formation and stability of pairs of orbiting objects in the Kuiper Belt beyond the planet Neptune.

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A crowd gathered at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida to witness the launch of NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft on Monday, Oct. 14, 2024. “Launch went perfectly, and Europa Clipper is on its way ...

The small white buildings dotting the barren red landscape of the Bentonite Hills might appear to be on Mars, but that’s only because people like Planetary Science Institute Research Associate Megan ...