This fall, over 40 exhibitors participated in the annual Earth and Space Exploration Evening Open House, a free annual event hosted by the School of Earth and Space Exploration (SESE) on Arizona State University’s Tempe campus. Each year, the SESE community brings to life its research through innovative hands-on activities. SESE’s research portfolio includes projects […]
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Apply for the 2023-24 Nininger Meteorite Award!
The Buseck Center for Meteorite Studies at Arizona State University is pleased to announce the application opportunity for the 2023-24 Nininger Meteorite Award for undergraduate and graduate students pursuing research in meteoritical sciences. The Nininger Meteorite Award recognizes outstanding student achievement in the meteoritical sciences as embodied by an original research paper. Papers must cover […]
Happy anniversary, Genesis mission!
Happy 20th anniversary to NASA’s Genesis sample return mission! On September 8, 2004, the Genesis Solar Wind sample return mission delivered captured solar wind particles to Earth. The landing was unexpectedly spectacular because an arrow on the design for the return capsule was drawn backwards; the pressure sensor never registered Earth’s atmosphere, and the capsule’s […]
Center welcomes Ph.D. student Havi Tripathi!
The Buseck Center for Meteorite Studies is pleased to welcome Havi Tripathi! Havi Tripathi has joined BCMS this semester as a Ph.D. student in Director Stroud’s group. Havi spent last year at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) working in support of the OSIRIS-REx mission, after completing her master’s degree in Analytical Planetary Chemistry at […]
Center welcomes inaugural BCMS Meteorite Studies Postdoctoral Fellow!
The Buseck Center for Meteorite Studies is pleased to welcome Dr. Ren Marquez! Marquez is the very first BCMS Meteorite Studies Postdoctoral Fellow. He has extensive experience in ultra-low-blank laboratory techniques for analyzing small meteorite samples, which he used during his PhD at the California Institute of Technology to study presolar precursors in primitive meteoritic […]
