NASA’s Lucy spacecraft has successfully completed thermal vacuum testing of both solar panels, the final step in checking out these critical spacecraft components in preparation…
UVS images faint auroral rings that likely originate at edge of gas giant’s magnetosphere. The SwRI-led Ultraviolet Spectrograph (UVS) orbiting Jupiter aboard NASA’s Juno spacecraft…
Jovian jet streams above the cloud tops measured using the aftermath of comet collision. Working with a team led by French astronomers, Southwest Research Institute…
Layers of ice and rock obviate the need for “habitable zone” and shield life against threats. SwRI researcher theorizes worlds with underground oceans may be…
On February 22, 1906, German astrophotographer Max Wolf helped reshape our understanding of the solar system. Again. Born in 1863, Wolf had a habit of…
From aboard the Juno spacecraft, a Southwest Research Institute-led instrument observing auroras serendipitously spotted a bright flash above Jupiter’s clouds last spring. The Ultraviolet Spectrograph…
Updated models predict that NASA’s Perseverance rover will encounter more ancient surfaces. A Southwest Research Institute scientist has updated Mars chronology models to find that…
Scientists inferred Bennu’s sojourn in the inner Solar System at 1.75 million years. Last year NASA snagged a sample from the surface of asteroid Bennu,…
Mineralogy points to large, water-rich parent asteroid for carbonaceous chondrite meteorite. A Southwest Research Institute-led team of scientists has identified a potentially new meteorite parent…
Models Point to a Potentially Diverse Metabolic Menu at Enceladus Using data from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft, scientists at Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) modeled chemical processes…
Researcher made first observations of asteroid at mid-ultraviolet wavelengths. A new study authored by Southwest Research Institute planetary scientist Dr. Tracy Becker discusses several new…
ESA’s Rosetta mission discovers unique aurora at Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. Data from Southwest Research Institute-led instruments aboard ESA’s Rosetta spacecraft have helped reveal auroral emissions in…
Scientists utilized citizen science network to observe the object. A new study authored by Southwest Research Institute scientists Rodrigo Leiva and Marc Buie reveals the…
Stellar chemical compositions used as proxy for potentially habitable systems. A Southwest Research Institute scientist has identified stellar phosphorus as a probable marker in narrowing…
Southwest Research Institute scientist modeled Mars climate to understand habitability. A Southwest Research Institute scientist modeled the atmosphere of Mars to help determine that salty…
Southwest Research Institute has received funding from the Medical CBRN Defense Consortium (MCDC) administered by Advanced Technology International to develop a nerve agent antidote for…
Simulations of early impacts produce a mixed Mars mantle and hint at longer timescale for the planet’s formation. The early solar system was a chaotic…
Enceladus’ subsurface ocean composition hints at habitable conditions. A Southwest Research Institute team developed a new geochemical model that reveals that carbon dioxide (CO2) from…