NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has directly observed magnetic reconnection in the Sun’s atmosphere for the first time, confirming ...

The outer reaches of our solar system just got a little more crowded, with astronomers spotting a previously unseen moon ...

A team of astronomers announced Tuesday that a new satellite measuring roughly 90 football fields across was discovered ...

New research led by Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) has confirmed decades-old theoretical models of magnetic reconnection ...

A discovery by NASA’s PSP, led by scientists at SwRI, has provided us with the first evidence of magnetic reconnection in the ...

The Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) has developed an innovative system to detect and characterise orbital space debris ...

A newly tested detection system captures micrometeoroid and debris strikes, providing impact data before damage appears.

NASA scientists at the Southwest Research Institute discovered a 29th moon orbiting Uranus while using infrared detection ...

Southwest Research Institute opens a $18.5M defense research facility in Warner Robins to support Air Force missions.

Southwest Research Institute explains significance of new images from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope Southwest Research Institute engineers turn piles of plastic into useful chemicals, fuels ...

The Southwest Research Institute’s Space Science and Engineering Division has been restructured to create two new technical divisions, the institute announced this week. Robin Canup, an ...

Southwest might lose business if the federal agency can't replace the industry funding. But the 3,000-employee institute also is what LaHood is looking for — an independent research lab.