SwRI’S Martian Moons Model Indicates Formation Following Large Impact
SSERVI researchers used state-of-the-art models to show that a Vesta-to-Ceres-sized impactor could produce Mars’ small moons.
Center for Lunar Science and Exploration Announces 2018 Intern Class
The Center for Lunar Science and Exploration is pleased to announce the 2018 class of Exploration Science Summer Interns.
Student Field Camp Opportunity
Applications now accepted for the Field Training Program at Meteor Crater, Arizona, October 6–14, 2018.
Video: Dust Charging and Mobilization
A video article explains experimental methods of dust charging and mobilization for surfaces exposed to ultraviolet radiation or plasmas.
CLSE High School Research Team Wins First Place
Student researchers place first in Southern Utah Regional Science and Engineering Fair.
Moon's Violent Birth Offers Clues to Life in Other Solar Systems
New research suggests liquid water can survive catastrophic impacts and could be abundant on exoplanets, making it more likely that life exists beyond our Solar System.
Homemade “Spatter Blobs” Can Reveal Volcanic Secrets
Researchers use trial and error to develop a technique to create volcanic lava blobs.
IAU Names Lunar Crater After B. Ray Hawke
International Astronomical Union has approved the name "Hawke" for a 13-km crater just north of the Schrodinger basin.
Video: 49th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference
Watch a recording of the live panel event moderated by SSERVI PI Carle Pieters with Apollo 17's Harrison Schmitt, Gerry Griffin and Jim Head.
Stephen Hawking: Visionary physicist dies aged 76
World renowned physicist Stephen Hawking died peacefully at his home in Cambridge.
Carbon Workshop
NESF 2018
ELS 2018
Lunar Landing Workshop
SSERVI Team Science
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New Research ‘Rocks’ Long-held Geological Theory
New research into ancient rocks in Western Australia contradicts the commonly held belief that Earth’s first stable continents were formed in a plate tectonic setting.