March 20 is Sun Devil Giving Day! We hope that you will take some time to enjoy what you have helped create and join us to celebrate the many amazing discoveries accomplished in BCMS as a direct result of your generosity. Join us on Facebook, Linked In and X (formerly Twitter), or go directly to […]
2025 Nininger Student Travel Awardees Announced!
The Buseck Center for Meteorite Studies and School of Earth and Space Exploration are pleased to announce the winners of the 2025 Nininger Student Travel Award. The goal of this award is to support attendance of the annual Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (LPSC) for at least 4 undergraduate and/or graduate students to present their […]
Sioux County
Sioux County is an achondrite (eucrite-mmict) that fell in Nebraska August 8th, 1933. The meteorite’s fall to Earth was well-recorded as it was mistaken for an earthquake by some, and written up in local newspapers. This article first appeared on page 5 of the Lincoln Star (Lincoln, Nebraska), Thursday, August 10, 1933: Report Meteor Buried […]
New AZ meteorite classification underway!
April 17, 2024 the skies over Phoenix lit up with a green flash of light, heralding the arrival of Arizona’s newest meteorite. Read about the circumstances of the fall, here! Despite the meteorite not being found immediately after the fall, lucky meteorite hunters have been rewarded for their year-long patience this week, and stones have […]
Haverö
Haverö is a ureilite (achondrite) that fell on the island of Haverö, Finland, August 2, 1971. According to the Meteoritical Bulletin (MB 51): “It was a bright day and a fireball was not observed. There were numerous reports of noise like thunder or jet aircraft sonic booms. These sounds were said to have been heard […]
