A bright meteor streaked across southwestern skies Saturday, April 12th and was witnessed by several bystanders. You can see video of the fireball and listen to eye-witness accounts here! Meteor: A trail of light produced by a meteoroid as it passes through an atmosphere. Meteorite: A meteoroid that was naturally transported from the celestial […]
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Take a Virtual Tour of the Meteorite Vault!
The Center's 30,000+ meteorites were recently relocated to a dedicated state-of-the-art meteorite curation facility. Now, the Center's latest video takes you behind the scenes in the world's largest university meteorite collection! Want to see the meteorites in person? See over one hundred distinct meteorites from the Center's collection – and touch a rock from space […]
Meteorites Featured in American Pop Exhibition!
American Pop! Comic Books to Science Fiction…and Beyond! January 17 – June 8 No admission fee Explore the ongoing influences of comic books, television, movies and science fiction on some of today's leading artists, scientists and academic professionals at the Tempe Center for the Arts! Meteorites from the Center for Meteorite Studies Vintage super hero […]
2014’s First Asteroid Discovery!
The first asteroid to be discovered in 2014 appears to have broken up over the Atlantic Ocean, according to NASA's Near-Earth Object Program Office. Entering Earth's atmosphere in the early hours of January 1, 2014, this small asteroid, labeled 2014 AA, was first identified by researchers at the Catalina Sky Survey (CSS) near Tucson, Arizona. […]
Seasons Greetings
2013 Season's Greetings from the Center for Meteorite Studies About 300 years ago, a 3,500 tonne iron meteorite slammed into the desert of Saudi Arabia, instantly melting the sand and forming craters up to 100 m in diameter. The craters are surrounded by impact glass, such as the one pictured, which […]
