Buseck Center for Meteorite Studies

BCMS is hiring!  We have an open search for a Research Professor to serve as the Deputy Director.  The application deadline is April 20, 2026. The position of Research Professor in the Buseck Center for Meteorite Studies is a key appointment in support of essential functions in the Center. The primary responsibility of this position…

BCMS is saddened by the loss of Professor John W. (Jack) Larimer (1939-2026). Jack joined the ASU Geology faculty in 1969 as Assistant Professor of Geology and the Assistant Director for the Center for Meteorite Studies. Jack’s research had a major impact on meteoritics and the use of meteorites to understand the early history of…

Congratulations to our four 2026 Nininger Student Travel Award winners, Nidhi Nirwan, Lana Tilke, Eliana Perlman and Grady Robbins, presenting at LPSC.

Apply by January 30, 2026. The Nininger Student Travel Award supports attendance of the 2026 Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (LPSC) of 4 School of Earth and Space Exploration (SESE) undergraduate and graduate students, to present their latest results in the fields of meteoritics and planetary science. Awards will be up to $1000 for those…

Petersburg is a eucrite (achondrite) whose fall was witnessed August 5th of 1855, in Tennessee. Eucrites are the most common type of achondrite meteorite falls (vs. finds) and are believed to form from cooling of magma on the surface of the Asteroid 4-Vesta; the number 4 refers to Vesta being the fourth asteroid ever discovered,…