What you’ll find in Southwest Research Institute’s rare books vault
Tucked inside a small climate-controlled vault in Southwest Research Institute’s library are hundreds of books you’d be hard…
The Solar Wind Is Hiding Strange Particles That Could Rewrite Space Weather
This illustration shows Earth’s magnetosphere interacting with the solar wind. The magnetosphere shields the Earth from harmful solar…
Webb Telescope Detects Gas on Distant Dwarf Planet Makemake for the First Time
An SwRI-led team used Webb telescope observations (white) to detect methane gas on the distant dwarf planet Makemake.…
Uranus Has a Tiny New Moon and It’s Only Six Miles Wide
James Webb has revealed Uranus’ smallest moon yet, a six-mile-wide world hidden near its inner rings. This discovery…
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe Just Solved a 70-Year Solar Mystery
Scientists have at last seen how the Sun snaps and explodes, thanks to NASA’s Parker Solar Probe. The…
Scientists test detector to help spacecraft dodge orbital debris
Space debris has become one of the biggest challenges for space agencies and satellite operators. Thousands of fragments…