Delve into current research at the Center with this new periodic feature, and catch a glimpse of what our students and scientists are working on right now! Center Assistant Director Devin Schrader is at the University of Arizona's Michael J. Drake Electron Microprobe Laboratory, preparing lunar meteorites for x-Ray element mapping in the Cameca SX100…

The Center for Meteorite Studies at Arizona State University is pleased to announce the application opportunity for the 2015 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. The 2015 Nininger Meteorite…

The Center for Meteorite Studies at Arizona State University is pleased to announce the application opportunity for the first annual Nininger Student Travel Award for undergraduate and graduate students pursuing research in meteoritics and planetary sciences. The Nininger Student Travel Award supports travel to the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (LPSC) of up to 4…

2015   Season's Greetings   from the   Center for Meteorite Studies Read about Creston, the latest US meteorite fall, and its recovery here! Photo credit: L. Garvie/CMS.

When NASA's Dawn spacecraft approached the dwarf planet Ceres in March this year, scientists and the public alike were intrigued to see that Ceres has a dark, heavily cratered surface with dozens of bright white spots, large and small. Even more puzzling, the bright spots lie in all kinds of terrain and appear variously as…