Scientists at the Southwest Research Institute in Boulder, Colorado believe they have located the family of asteroids linked to the meteorites responsible for the dinosaur-dooming Chicxulub impact crater and the lunar crater Tycho. Read more about the discovery here.

To coincide with the Perseid meteor shower, Arizona Republic Senior Reporter Anne Ryman visited the Center to explore its research and education efforts. The article can be found here.

The School of Earth and Space Exploration invites you to the 2007 Robert S. Dietz Memorial Public Lecture, featuring NASA Astronaut John M. Grunsfeld, a veteran of multiple space missions and a crew member on the next Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission. Dr. Grunsfeld will speak on "Exploring the Universe: From Low Earth Orbit to the Edge of the Cosmos". The lecture will be held at 5:00 PM on Tuesday, March 20, 2007 in the Bateman Physical Sciences Building, F-wing, room 166 and there is a reception to follow.

From April 2-10, 2007, the School of Earth and Space Exploration (SESE), the home of the Center for Meteorite Studies, will celebrate its founding with a series of special events, including a lecture by Harrison Schmitt. The Apollo 17 astronaut and former United States Senator will speak about the future of lunar exploration.