When Dr. Henry Hsieh entered graduate school, he was interested in comets for a fairly simple reason: they seemed exciting.
On Monday, September 11, 2006, the first episode of Astronomy Cast was promoted across the Internet. Twenty years later, on ...
NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, scheduled to launch August 30th, is designed to tackle some of the biggest ...
Hands-on Earth and space science workshops for elementary and middle school educators in Tucson and Southern Arizona. Using NASA data, current research, and classroom-ready activities, PSI workshops ...
The Planetary Science Institute is seeking enthusiastic volunteers to join our Docent Program in Southern Arizona. If you enjoy sharing your love of science, working with children and the public, and ...
This archive site provides access to asteroids, dust, planetary satellites, meteorites, and selected other small solar system bodies and laboratory data from the NASA Planetary Data System. CosmoQuest ...
The large block in the photo to the left is known as “Whale Rock”. It was excavated from the interior of Barringer Crater during its formation. Note the person for scale. Until now, most of the ejecta ...
While new chemical species will be added to the database of CRYOCHEM (NH 3, H 2 O, HCN, and CO 2) and its companion FREZCHEM (clathrate hydrates of N 2, C 2 H 6, and C 3 H 8), the solid-phase part of ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
We present an inventory of alluvial fans and deltas within martian impact craters based on a systematic global survey of Context Camera images. Our database includes 314 fan‐hosting craters, with a ...