Targets of Interest: Mars Dr. Alice Baldridge's research interests are currently focused on two broad subjects: 1) understanding the past and current processes that have shaped planetary surfaces and ...

Deployment and installation of spectroscopy equipment, advising in technical purchases for the lab, and assisting with spectroscopy projects as needed by Prof. Reddy.

Feb. 14, 2024, Tucson, Ariz. – Stars that pass by our Solar System have altered the long-term orbital evolution of planets, including Earth, and by extension modified our climate. “Perturbations – a ...

Planetary Science Institute Senior Scientist Roger Clark was named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, a distinguished lifetime honor within the scientific community.

Map of hydroxyl on the Moon. The color correlates with absorption band position with blue at shorter wavelengths and red at longer wavelengths (from 2.72 to 2.83 microns in the infrared). For ...

Top image: View of a deposit with lobate margins and extensively superposed by hollows, which we interpret as the result of glaciers probably composed of salts. Bottom image: View of part of Borealis ...

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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 ...

Color-coded topography of the Tharsis region of Mars (25°S-50°N, 210°-270°W) showing Alba Mons in the north and other Martian volcanoes. Image is Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter (MOLA) Digital Elevation ...

October 18, 2023, Tucson, Arizona – A landmark discovery by a collaborative team led by the Planetary Science Institute’s Alexis Rodriguez has unveiled evidence of sedimentary plains created by ...

The Earth Surface Mineral Dust Source Investigation (EMIT) is currently operational on the International Space Station (ISS). EMIT measures the spectral range from 0.38 to 2.50 microns with 285 ...

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