Today, as PSI gains a new director and CEO, we celebrate the last 21 year of leadership under Mark V. Sykes. Sykes was hired to lead the Planetary Science Institute in 2004 and over the decades he has ...

May 1, 2025, TUCSON, Ariz. – Today, Amanda Hendrix begins as the next director and CEO of the Planetary Science Institute. She succeeds Mark V. Sykes, who oversaw tremendous growth at the Institute ...

April 30, 2025, TUCSON, Ariz.— The Planetary Science Institute, along with a coalition of leading space industry organizations, scientific societies and public advocacy groups are submitting a joint ...

NASA’s Curiosity rover found siderite, an iron carbonate mineral, within the rocky layers of Mount Sharp in Mars’ Gale Crater. This discovery could provide an answer to the mystery of what happened to ...

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Mishal K T was awarded the 2025 Pierazzo International Student Travel Award at the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference at The Woodlands, Texas, along with a check for $2,000 from PSI Director and ...

March 27, 2025, TUCSON, Ariz. – Planetary Science Institute Senior Scientist Roger Clark was named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, a distinguished lifetime honor ...

Secondary craters – you know, the kind that are created by the falling debris that follows an initial impact – are what scientists call… annoying. This is because they can muddy up crater counts, ...

April 22, 2025, TUCSON, Ariz. – It’s often assumed that planetary scientists are interested in all things outer space, but among the gas giants, far-flung asteroids and mysterious moons, Earth is ...

PSI is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) corporation, and an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability/veterans.