At this year's NASA Space Grant Student Poster Session, Center undergraduate Sam Campbell presented research on Making Meteorites Accessible. Sam is a NASA Space Grant student working with Buseck Center for Meteorite Studies Director Rhonda Stroud to expand public outreach, while working towards a Bachelor's Degree in Astrobiology and a certificate in Planetary Science […]
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Sun Devil Giving Day is March 21
March 21 is Sun Devil Giving Day – 24 hours to show the world what you can accomplish when you join forces to support Arizona State University and the Buseck Center for Meteorite Studies (BCMS)! Every dollar counts, and your gift helps support our pursuit of new knowledge about the origin of our Solar System […]
Behind the Scenes: New tabletop SEM
See what Center researchers are currently working on in this special behind-the-scenes feature! Director Dr. Rhonda Stroud stands next to the Center’s new variable pressure and cerium hexaboride (CeB6) source scanning electron microscope (SEM). This state-of-the-art SEM comes equipped with backscatter and secondary electron detectors for imaging at resolutions down to 10 nanometers, and an […]
Apply for the Nininger Travel Award
Apply by January 19, 2024. The Nininger Student Travel Award supports attendance of the 2024 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 field of meteoritics and planetary sciences. Awards will be up to $1000 for those attending […]
Behind the Scenes: Preparing meteorite for analysis
See what Center researchers are currently working on in this special behind-the-scenes feature! Center affiliated Barrett Honors College undergraduate student Eric Orson prepares a grain of the Tarda meteorite for analysis via Secondary Emission Microscopy in the ASU Meteorite Laboratory as part of his honor’s thesis project. Photo © ASU/SESE/BCMS. […]