Dr. Melissa Morris, who until recently served as Assistant Director of the CMS, began an appointment as of September 1, 2014, as Assistant Professor in the Department of Physics at the State University of New York in Cortland. Dr. Morris, whose research interests are primarily in understanding early solar system processes through astrophysical modeling, received […]
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Center Students Present Research in Morocco!
This September, graduate students Prajkta Mane (Ph.D. candidate) and Kera Tucker (M.S. candidate) represented the Center at the 77th annual meeting of the Meteoritical Society, in Casablanca, Morocco. Mane's presentation focusses on Zr isotope systematics of Allende CAIs (Calcium-Aluminum-rich Inclusions), and Tucker discussed hydrogen isotope systematics of maskelynite in the Los Angeles shergotite. The Meteoritical […]
Meteorite Offers Clues to Martian Climate History
A new study of the martian meteorite NWA 7533 ("Black Beauty") has concluded that, while water was more abundant on Mars 4.5 billion years ago, the martian surface has been dry and desert-like for at least 1.7 billion years. Using isotopes found in the mineral zircon, researchers were able to utilize meteorite NWA 7533 to […]
New Lunar Meteorite Donated to the Center!
August 22, 2014 Arizona State University’s Center for Meteorite Studies recently received a precious gift. Aside from its price tag, what makes this space rock so special is where it came from: The Moon. The new sample belongs to the rare class of meteorites originating from the Moon called “lunaites.” Of all known distinct meteorites […]
Pallasite Meteorite Dedicated to ASU Class of 2018!
The Center for Meteorite Studies and School of Earth & Space Exploration have dedicated a 381g piece of the Seymchan pallasite to the incoming class of 2018! According to Center Director Meenakshi Wadhwa, “this meteorite was obtained especially for the purpose of dedicating to, and inspiring, the Class of 2018. We wanted to give them […]