A large group of international researchers, including former BCMS Director and current SESE Director Meenakshi Wadhwa, SESE Research Scientist Vinai Rai, SESE alumna Nicole Phelan, and BCMS Research Professional Rebekah Hines, recently collaborated on a newly published study of samples of the Ryugu asteroid returned by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) Hayabusa2 mission. The paper, […]
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Center alumnus featured in ASU News
BCMS and School of Earth and Space Exploration alumnus Dr. Zack Torrano was recently featured in an ASU News article, in which he describes his research at ASU and beyond, since successfully defending his Ph.D. dissertation in 2020. While a postdoctoral fellow at Carnegie Earth and Planets Laboratory, Dr. Torrano conducted isotopic measurements of Ryugu […]
Visit the Buseck Center for Meteorite Studies
Did you know you can come see the world-renowned Carleton B. Moore meteorite collection on display? Visit the Meteorite Gallery where, through exhibits and touchable meteorites, you’ll find out where meteorites come from, how planets form, and what scientists are learning from meteorites. Open for free self-guided tours Monday through Friday, 9 AM to 5 […]
Center meteorites at NASA Psyche spacecraft launch
Meteorites from ASU’s Carleton B Moore Meteorite collection are helping scientists to understand asteroids and the formation of the Solar System. NASA’s Psyche mission is the first to explore a unique metal-rich asteroid to improve our knowledge of iron cores. The spacecraft will explore asteroid Psyche, which may be the partial core of a planetesimal, […]
Meteorite postcard from the Montshire Museum
Established in 2016 by ASU Buseck Center for Meteorite Studies Assistant Emeritus Research Professor Amy Jurewicz in collaboration with the Montshire Museum of Science, in Norwich, Vermont, the Montshire meteorite outreach program uses touchable meteorites and hands-on activities to teach school-aged children the physical properties of meteorites as well as their origins and importance to […]
