The Buseck Center for Meteorite Studies congratulations the graduating class of 2024! In partnership with the School of Earth and Space Exploration, the Center dedicates a meteorite to each ASU graduating class. The dedicated piece is currently on display in the Gallery of Exploration, on the ground floor of Interdisciplinary Science and Technology Building IV. […]
Samelia
Samelia is a IIIAB iron meteorite that fell the evening of May 20, 1921, in India. In a 1924 publication, Sir Lewis Leigh Fermor (then acting director of the Geological Survey of India) described witness accounts of the meteorite’s fall: “The fireball moved from south to north and left a white trail in the sky. […]
The Undertones… in Space!
ASU jazz a cappella group The Undertones, which includes Center affiliated student Eric Orson, recently performed The Undertones… in Space! live in the School of Earth and Space Exploration (SESE) Marston Exploration Theater, in conjunction with SESE’s 3D Astronomy Show. The Undertones have performed at ASU’s Change the World, Barrett Talent Showcase, Homecoming Block Party, […]
Genesis Solar Wind Sample Analysis and Techniques Virtual Workshop
Center Emeritus Assistant Research Professor Amy Jurewicz, former Jet Propulsion Laboratory Project Scientist for NASA’s Genesis mission, has been involved with the planning of the 2024 Genesis Solar Wind Sample Analysis and Techniques Virtual Workshop along with Genesis Primary Investigator Don Burnett, Genesis Curatory Judy Allton and Carla Gonzalez (Jacobs Engineering – Genesis Curation). The […]
L’Aigle
April’s Meteorite of the Month is L’Aigle, an ordinary (L6) chondrite that fell in Orme, France on April 26, 1803. The L’Aigle meteorite fall, which produced a shower of over 3,000 stones, proved to European scientists that rocks fall from the sky. Although people had seen meteorites fall before 1803, their stories had typically been […]
