The Moon may have formed almost intact within hours of Theia smashing into Earth
New simulations of the Moon-forming giant impact show that treating the early Earth and Theia as realistic geological…
NASA’s Juno spacecraft finds temperatures surging just below Io’s volcanic surface
NASA’s Juno spacecraft measured heat beneath Io’s surface for the first time, finding temperatures rise sharply within just…
Jupiter’s volcanic moon, Io, hides intense heat beneath its porous crust
NASA’s Juno spacecraft measured heat below Io’s surface for the first time and found temperatures rise sharply just…
One Asteroid Collision May Have Rocked Earth, Mars, and the Moon
A Southwest Research Institute-led study has connected a specific asteroid collision in the main belt to an inner-solar-system-wide…
AI can quickly spot and catalog lunar craters, but accuracy remains a major problem
The Moon’s cratered surface may seem like the perfect place to hand repetitive work to machines. There are…
A Colossal Moon Impact May Have Left Ancient Secrets Near Future Artemis Landing Sites
Scientists from the Center for Lunar Origin and Evolution, a virtual NASA organization led by Southwest Research Institute,…
Asteroids may have helped create the conditions for life on early Earth; scientists find |
For decades, asteroid impacts have been seen as forces of pure destruction, the kind that wiped out the…
The case for water plumes on Europa just got much harder to make
Europa’s faint glow in ultraviolet light once looked like a possible water plume punching through ice. After 14…
Trinity University, SwRI developing nasal spray treatment to combat PTSD
SAN ANTONIO – Researchers with Trinity University and the Southwest Research Institute are working on treating PTSD with…
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.…