For centuries, humans have sought to learn whether life exists beyond Earth. That answer is closer than ever to fulfillment, and an ASU team is working on a key part of that quest with NASA’s backing. Thousands of exoplanets (planets around other stars) have been discovered in the past decade, and the next decade likely…

We are pleased to announce that Kera Tucker, a graduate student in the Center for Meteorite Studies at ASU, has successfully defended her Master's thesis, entitled "Hydrogen Isotope Systematics of Nominally Anhydrous Phases in Martian Meteorites".  Based on 113 individual SIMS (Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometer) analyses on 8 different martian meteorites, Kera’s research concludes that…

Throughout his career Ronald Greeley was passionate about exploring Mars, so it’s fitting that the late Arizona State University professor’s name will grace maps of the Red Planet. A large, ancient crater – nearly as wide as Arizona – now carries the name of Greeley Crater, in honor of the Mars science pioneer and longtime…

We are pleased to welcome Dr. Alice Stephant, a Postdoctoral Scholar in the Center for Meteorite Studies!  Alice received her Ph. D. in 2014 from the Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle in Paris, and her research interests are in understanding the origin of water on planetary bodies in our Solar System through analyses of the hydrogen…

IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING THE 2014 NININGER AWARD DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS: The deadline for the Nininger Award has been extended to midnight (MST) on April 7, 2015. We have recently encountered some issues with uploading of files larger than 8 MB through the application page. If you submitted a paper for consideration for the Nininger Award…