Ancient river valleys carved less than 3 billion years ago during Mars’ Early Amazonian Epoch dissect the flanks of the Martian volcano Alba Mons. To understand Mars’ more recent geologic and ...

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May 27, 2025, TUCSON, Ariz. – In the cold, dark outskirts of planetary systems far beyond the reach of the known planets, mysterious gas giants and planetary masses orbit their stars – sometimes ...

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Six Planetary Science Institute members traveled to Capitol Hill on the evening of Monday, May 19 to attend the Congressional Planetary Science Caucus kick-off reception. They set up a PSI table to ...

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Religion and science can sometimes feel at odds, to the chagrin of Grace Wolf-Chase, a Planetary Science Institute senior scientist and senior education and communication specialist who is also a ...

May 1, 2025, TUCSON, Ariz. – Today, Amanda Hendrix begins as the next director and CEO of the Planetary Science Institute. She succeeds Mark V. Sykes, who oversaw tremendous growth at the Institute ...

Secondary craters – you know, the kind that are created by the falling debris that follows an initial impact – are what scientists call… annoying. This is because they can muddy up crater counts, ...

Mishal K T was awarded the 2025 Pierazzo International Student Travel Award at the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference at The Woodlands, Texas, along with a check for $2,000 from PSI Director and ...

Mar. 18, 2025, TUCSON, Ariz. – Between Hawaii and California, trash swirls in giant ocean currents, caught up in the infamous, Texas-sized Great Pacific Garbage Patch. This is just one of many found ...

In 2022, the Planetary Science Institute hosted a virtual workshop titled “Mercury’s Surface Response to the Interplanetary Environment: Identifying Needed Studies in Laboratory Astrophysics.” From ...