When an impactor strikes a planet or moon, the resulting debris, or ejecta, sprays out and around the impact site, a process called ejecta emplacement. Planetary Science Institute Research Scientist ...

The Planetary Science Institute (PSI) proudly announces the Betty Pierazzo International Student Travel Award, in honor of our late Senior Scientist. This award is designed to inspire graduate ...

The universe is our laboratory: PSI scientists are pushing the boundaries of knowledge, exploring worlds near and far, from Earth and beyond. PSI began in the late 1960s, with a group of talented PhD ...

Barringer Crater, also called Meteor Crater, is located in the United States of America (35º 2′ N, 111º 1′ W) in northern Arizona, about 35 miles (55 km) east of the city of Flagstaff. The crater is ...

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 ...

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Impact craters form when huge asteroids or comets, sometimes kilometers in size, hit the surface of a planetary body. Images of various planets and moons in the solar system show thousands and ...

Impact events drastically alter the geology in the vicinity of the crater by melting, uplifting, and rotating the rocks. In terms of unraveling the rock history, this can make things very complicated ...

Michael J.S. Belton, the President of Belton Space Exploration Initiatives and an Emeritus Astronomer at the National Optical Astronomy Observatory (NOAO), passed away on Monday, June 4, 2018. He was ...

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