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A private nonprofit dedicated to studying the origin, characteristics, and evolution of planetary systems and planets, including the Earth.
A private nonprofit dedicated to studying the origin, characteristics, and evolution of planetary systems and planets, including the Earth.
Happy Friday! 🪐 🐾
This week's #PlanetaryPet is PSI’s Jean-Philippe Combe's English Pointer Aubrey. According to Jean-Philippe, Aubrey likes to explore her environment by climbing to higher elevations, test new grounds, and challenge humans’ point of view.
This week's #PlanetaryPet is PSI’s Jean-Philippe Combe's English Pointer Aubrey. According to Jean-Philippe, Aubrey likes to explore her environment by climbing to higher elevations, test new grounds, and challenge humans’ point of view.
November 28, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Happy Friday! 🪐 🐾
This week's #PlanetaryPet is PSI’s Jean-Philippe Combe's English Pointer Aubrey. According to Jean-Philippe, Aubrey likes to explore her environment by climbing to higher elevations, test new grounds, and challenge humans’ point of view.
This week's #PlanetaryPet is PSI’s Jean-Philippe Combe's English Pointer Aubrey. According to Jean-Philippe, Aubrey likes to explore her environment by climbing to higher elevations, test new grounds, and challenge humans’ point of view.
#JunoCam: Image processing included saturation & contrast enhancement, color normalization of the image with color calibration, background extraction, reducing color artifacts & image sharpness enhancement. Process your own JunoCam images buff.ly/9YvnJFy
📸: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS/Raihan Mohammad
📸: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS/Raihan Mohammad
November 26, 2025 at 4:03 PM
#JunoCam: Image processing included saturation & contrast enhancement, color normalization of the image with color calibration, background extraction, reducing color artifacts & image sharpness enhancement. Process your own JunoCam images buff.ly/9YvnJFy
📸: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS/Raihan Mohammad
📸: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS/Raihan Mohammad
A new study published in Geophysical Research Letters casts doubt on a 2018 discovery of a briny lake potentially lurking beneath Mars’s south polar cap. 🧪 🔭
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November 25, 2025 at 6:20 PM
A new study published in Geophysical Research Letters casts doubt on a 2018 discovery of a briny lake potentially lurking beneath Mars’s south polar cap. 🧪 🔭
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Read the full story: buff.ly/JRpyeku
“Water is pretty important for habitability, so there is a lot of effort in understanding the processes which modify the oceans and the types of histories these environments experience,” said paper coauthor and PSI's Matthew Walker. 🔭 🧪
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Read the story: buff.ly/St7Q6an
November 25, 2025 at 3:02 PM
“Water is pretty important for habitability, so there is a lot of effort in understanding the processes which modify the oceans and the types of histories these environments experience,” said paper coauthor and PSI's Matthew Walker. 🔭 🧪
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Read the story: buff.ly/St7Q6an
We have exciting news! We've launched our annual campaign! Learn more about us by reading our '24 annual report, highlighted in this week's newsletter: buff.ly/l4KhPmt
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Thank you from all of us at PSI! 🪐🌵🌌
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Thank you from all of us at PSI! 🪐🌵🌌
November 24, 2025 at 3:02 PM
We have exciting news! We've launched our annual campaign! Learn more about us by reading our '24 annual report, highlighted in this week's newsletter: buff.ly/l4KhPmt
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Thank you from all of us at PSI! 🪐🌵🌌
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Thank you from all of us at PSI! 🪐🌵🌌
#SciArt: This week’s featured art is a dramatic digital image by PSI Research Scientist Peter Buhler. He was inspired to create this after being stranded in a snowstorm for a few hours along the Rim of the World Highway (near Big Bear).
November 21, 2025 at 3:30 PM
#SciArt: This week’s featured art is a dramatic digital image by PSI Research Scientist Peter Buhler. He was inspired to create this after being stranded in a snowstorm for a few hours along the Rim of the World Highway (near Big Bear).
Our PSI Annual Campaign is on! You can help us on our journey to pursue cutting-edge Solar System research and to share science with our communities by making a year-end pledge: buff.ly/MINpmxp
November 20, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Our PSI Annual Campaign is on! You can help us on our journey to pursue cutting-edge Solar System research and to share science with our communities by making a year-end pledge: buff.ly/MINpmxp
#JunoCam: A false color and sharpened image of Jupiter's volcanic moon Io.
Interested in processing your own JunoCam images? Visit: buff.ly/koWEI1e
📸: NASA/SwRI/MSSS/Johnathan Brackett
Interested in processing your own JunoCam images? Visit: buff.ly/koWEI1e
📸: NASA/SwRI/MSSS/Johnathan Brackett
November 19, 2025 at 4:02 PM
#JunoCam: A false color and sharpened image of Jupiter's volcanic moon Io.
Interested in processing your own JunoCam images? Visit: buff.ly/koWEI1e
📸: NASA/SwRI/MSSS/Johnathan Brackett
Interested in processing your own JunoCam images? Visit: buff.ly/koWEI1e
📸: NASA/SwRI/MSSS/Johnathan Brackett
Are you a PhD student interested in attending a planetary science-related conference or workshop? Each year, the Planetary Science Institute bestows two awards:
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For more information, go to: buff.ly/ragzh93
November 18, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Are you a PhD student interested in attending a planetary science-related conference or workshop? Each year, the Planetary Science Institute bestows two awards:
For more information, go to: buff.ly/ragzh93
For more information, go to: buff.ly/ragzh93
❓ What hobbies do you enjoy in your spare time?
🎙️I have two young children and a full-time job. What's spare time? If I do have a moment, I love anything outside - particularly running and cycling. Read Carly's Q&A + subscribe to our newsletter: buff.ly/8ieyPmw
🎙️I have two young children and a full-time job. What's spare time? If I do have a moment, I love anything outside - particularly running and cycling. Read Carly's Q&A + subscribe to our newsletter: buff.ly/8ieyPmw
November 17, 2025 at 7:02 PM
❓ What hobbies do you enjoy in your spare time?
🎙️I have two young children and a full-time job. What's spare time? If I do have a moment, I love anything outside - particularly running and cycling. Read Carly's Q&A + subscribe to our newsletter: buff.ly/8ieyPmw
🎙️I have two young children and a full-time job. What's spare time? If I do have a moment, I love anything outside - particularly running and cycling. Read Carly's Q&A + subscribe to our newsletter: buff.ly/8ieyPmw
Happy Friday! 🪐 🐾
This week's #planetarypet is Grant, who loves riding shotgun alongside PSI's Aileen Yingst. Here he has planted himself in the car to make sure the family doesn’t leave without him - wherever they are going.
This week's #planetarypet is Grant, who loves riding shotgun alongside PSI's Aileen Yingst. Here he has planted himself in the car to make sure the family doesn’t leave without him - wherever they are going.
November 14, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Happy Friday! 🪐 🐾
This week's #planetarypet is Grant, who loves riding shotgun alongside PSI's Aileen Yingst. Here he has planted himself in the car to make sure the family doesn’t leave without him - wherever they are going.
This week's #planetarypet is Grant, who loves riding shotgun alongside PSI's Aileen Yingst. Here he has planted himself in the car to make sure the family doesn’t leave without him - wherever they are going.
PSI's Pamela Gay caught this beautiful image of the aurora from her home in Illinois! The northern lights were seen as far south as Florida and were caused by coronal mass ejections, solar storms that spew particles, energy, magnetic fields and material into the Solar System.
November 13, 2025 at 4:33 PM
PSI's Pamela Gay caught this beautiful image of the aurora from her home in Illinois! The northern lights were seen as far south as Florida and were caused by coronal mass ejections, solar storms that spew particles, energy, magnetic fields and material into the Solar System.
#JunoCam: Participatory scientist Navaneeth Krishnan S created this hypnotic image by stitching together multiple false color images of Jupiter's northern circumpolar cyclone.
Interested in processing your own JunoCam images? Visit: buff.ly/koWEI1e
📸: NASA/JPL/SwRI/MSSS/Navaneeth Krishnan S
Interested in processing your own JunoCam images? Visit: buff.ly/koWEI1e
📸: NASA/JPL/SwRI/MSSS/Navaneeth Krishnan S
November 12, 2025 at 4:05 PM
#JunoCam: Participatory scientist Navaneeth Krishnan S created this hypnotic image by stitching together multiple false color images of Jupiter's northern circumpolar cyclone.
Interested in processing your own JunoCam images? Visit: buff.ly/koWEI1e
📸: NASA/JPL/SwRI/MSSS/Navaneeth Krishnan S
Interested in processing your own JunoCam images? Visit: buff.ly/koWEI1e
📸: NASA/JPL/SwRI/MSSS/Navaneeth Krishnan S
During the week of Nov. 3, six comet experts converged in Tucson, Ariz. for the first international Belton Symposium, hosted by the Planetary Science Institute.
Read the full story and learn more about the man who inspired it: buff.ly/ofoKyQA
Read the full story and learn more about the man who inspired it: buff.ly/ofoKyQA
November 10, 2025 at 3:02 PM
During the week of Nov. 3, six comet experts converged in Tucson, Ariz. for the first international Belton Symposium, hosted by the Planetary Science Institute.
Read the full story and learn more about the man who inspired it: buff.ly/ofoKyQA
Read the full story and learn more about the man who inspired it: buff.ly/ofoKyQA
PSI's Carly Howett was part of the team of researchers who made this discovery.
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Read the full story: buff.ly/KESQKzr
November 7, 2025 at 7:18 PM
PSI's Carly Howett was part of the team of researchers who made this discovery.
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Read the full story: buff.ly/KESQKzr
#ClarkVision: On an early evening in May, the Milky Way and the constellation of Orion set in Canyonlands National Park, Utah, making a stunning rainbow nightscape.
November 6, 2025 at 4:04 PM
#ClarkVision: On an early evening in May, the Milky Way and the constellation of Orion set in Canyonlands National Park, Utah, making a stunning rainbow nightscape.
#JunoCam: Participatory scientist Todd Goodwin processed this zoomed-in image of a Jovian storm to resemble the Eye of Sauron.
Interested in processing your own JunoCam images? Visit: buff.ly/6qYZkpo
📸: NASA/JPL/SwRI/MSSS/Todd Goodwin
Interested in processing your own JunoCam images? Visit: buff.ly/6qYZkpo
📸: NASA/JPL/SwRI/MSSS/Todd Goodwin
November 5, 2025 at 4:01 PM
#JunoCam: Participatory scientist Todd Goodwin processed this zoomed-in image of a Jovian storm to resemble the Eye of Sauron.
Interested in processing your own JunoCam images? Visit: buff.ly/6qYZkpo
📸: NASA/JPL/SwRI/MSSS/Todd Goodwin
Interested in processing your own JunoCam images? Visit: buff.ly/6qYZkpo
📸: NASA/JPL/SwRI/MSSS/Todd Goodwin
PSI Senior Scientist Darby Dyar was presented the Roebling Medal at the 2025 Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of America (GSA), held this month in San Antonio, Texas. Read about the award, get to know Darby, and subscribe to our newsletter: buff.ly/odYnpPI
November 3, 2025 at 3:03 PM
PSI Senior Scientist Darby Dyar was presented the Roebling Medal at the 2025 Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of America (GSA), held this month in San Antonio, Texas. Read about the award, get to know Darby, and subscribe to our newsletter: buff.ly/odYnpPI
Happy Friday, and Happy Halloween! 🎃 🪐 🐾
This week's #PlanetaryPet is Marshmellow, Dan Berman's unusual thinking cap!
This week's #PlanetaryPet is Marshmellow, Dan Berman's unusual thinking cap!
October 31, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Happy Friday, and Happy Halloween! 🎃 🪐 🐾
This week's #PlanetaryPet is Marshmellow, Dan Berman's unusual thinking cap!
This week's #PlanetaryPet is Marshmellow, Dan Berman's unusual thinking cap!
Thanks to all who came to our Spooky Star Party last night! We had a blast sharing some of the cool things we do here!
See the full gallery: buff.ly/adGQi9I
📸: PSI/Alan Fischer
See the full gallery: buff.ly/adGQi9I
📸: PSI/Alan Fischer
October 29, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Thanks to all who came to our Spooky Star Party last night! We had a blast sharing some of the cool things we do here!
See the full gallery: buff.ly/adGQi9I
📸: PSI/Alan Fischer
See the full gallery: buff.ly/adGQi9I
📸: PSI/Alan Fischer
#JunoCam: Did you know that light from the Sun takes about 45 minutes to reach Europa? Because of the distance, sunlight is about 25 times fainter at Jupiter and Europa than at Earth.
📸: NASA/JPL/SwRI/MSSS/Gerald Eichstädt/Thomas Thomopoulos
📸: NASA/JPL/SwRI/MSSS/Gerald Eichstädt/Thomas Thomopoulos
October 29, 2025 at 4:06 PM
#JunoCam: Did you know that light from the Sun takes about 45 minutes to reach Europa? Because of the distance, sunlight is about 25 times fainter at Jupiter and Europa than at Earth.
📸: NASA/JPL/SwRI/MSSS/Gerald Eichstädt/Thomas Thomopoulos
📸: NASA/JPL/SwRI/MSSS/Gerald Eichstädt/Thomas Thomopoulos
Read Dan's Q&A, learn about his recent work mapping Martian crater Barnard, and subscribe to our newsletter: buff.ly/UdFgk4i
October 27, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Read Dan's Q&A, learn about his recent work mapping Martian crater Barnard, and subscribe to our newsletter: buff.ly/UdFgk4i
Happy Friday! 🪐 🐾
The very intense and ever-watchful Sheera is this week’s #PlanetaryPet. She was named after the He-Man character She-Ra. PSI’s Ashley Murphy says that Sheera, a stray kitten, found her in 2011, and they have been roommates ever since.
The very intense and ever-watchful Sheera is this week’s #PlanetaryPet. She was named after the He-Man character She-Ra. PSI’s Ashley Murphy says that Sheera, a stray kitten, found her in 2011, and they have been roommates ever since.
October 24, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Happy Friday! 🪐 🐾
The very intense and ever-watchful Sheera is this week’s #PlanetaryPet. She was named after the He-Man character She-Ra. PSI’s Ashley Murphy says that Sheera, a stray kitten, found her in 2011, and they have been roommates ever since.
The very intense and ever-watchful Sheera is this week’s #PlanetaryPet. She was named after the He-Man character She-Ra. PSI’s Ashley Murphy says that Sheera, a stray kitten, found her in 2011, and they have been roommates ever since.
#JunoCam: The hypnotic swirling clouds of giant Jupiter 🩵 🔥 🪼 🏵️
JunoCam images, like this one, were processed by citizen scientists! If you are interested in processing your own JunoCam images, visit: buff.ly/6qYZkpo
Credit: NASA / SwRI / MSSS / Gerald Eichstädt / Seán Doran
JunoCam images, like this one, were processed by citizen scientists! If you are interested in processing your own JunoCam images, visit: buff.ly/6qYZkpo
Credit: NASA / SwRI / MSSS / Gerald Eichstädt / Seán Doran
October 22, 2025 at 3:05 PM
#JunoCam: The hypnotic swirling clouds of giant Jupiter 🩵 🔥 🪼 🏵️
JunoCam images, like this one, were processed by citizen scientists! If you are interested in processing your own JunoCam images, visit: buff.ly/6qYZkpo
Credit: NASA / SwRI / MSSS / Gerald Eichstädt / Seán Doran
JunoCam images, like this one, were processed by citizen scientists! If you are interested in processing your own JunoCam images, visit: buff.ly/6qYZkpo
Credit: NASA / SwRI / MSSS / Gerald Eichstädt / Seán Doran