25 April 2016
Near-Earth asteroid population smaller than thought
... the near-Earth asteroids (NEAs) population is a focus of intense research and now scientists based at the Planetary Science Institute (PSI), Tucson, Arizona, who have analysed the combined observations of nine of the leading asteroid surveys over...
27 May 2016
Scientists reveal Mars is emerging from an ice age
... Smith, the study's lead author. Smith led the work while at Southwest Research Institute in Boulder, Colorado, but is now at the Planetary Science Institute in Tucson, Arizona. The retreat and regrowth of polar ice on Mars is due to the increased...
11 March 2019
LAMP shows migrating water molecules on the Moon
... investigator of the LAMP instrument from Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio, Texas. Finding enough freely...the Moon," said Amanda Hendrix, a senior scientist at the Planetary Science Institute and lead author of the paper. It was thought that...
27 March 2020
Mercury's crust could have had episodic habitable conditions, new study says
... this imagery coupled with laser altimeter topography, a team of scientists headed by J. Alexis p. Rodriguez at the Planetary Science Institute in Tucson, Arizona, the researchers have examined Mercury’s geological features to posit that the planet...
20 May 2016
Evidence for massive Tsunamis found on Mars
... ponded water appears to have emplaced lacustrine sediments, including evaporites," said Alexis Rodriguez of the Planetary Science Institute and co-author of the paper. "As a follow-up investigation we plan to characterise these terrains and assess...
