Arizona State University’s first designated University Explorer, Scott Parazynski, has scaled Everest, orbited the Earth at 17,500 miles an hour and invented devices for surgery, spacewalking and the consumer market. Parazynski joined the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering and the School of Earth and Space Exploration in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences…

The second full lunar eclipse of 2014 will occur in the early hours of Wednesday, October 8th.  The total eclipse will begin at 3:25 AM (PDT), and last 59 minutes.  Total lunar eclipses are the result of Earth moving between the sun and moon, such that Earth's shadow blocks the sun's light from reaching the…

The annual Orionid meteor shower is underway, and this year's dark, moonless skies could result in excellent viewing!  While the meteor shower is active October 2 to November 7, this year's peak will be October 21-22.  At its height, you may expect to see up to 20 meteors per hour, some very bright and fast…

Celebrate World Space Week with a visit to the Meteorite Gallery at the Center for Meteorite Studies!  Find out where meteorites come from and how planets form! Discover what scientists are learning from meteorites – right here at ASU! Touch real meteorites! World Space Week is an international celebration of science and technology, and their…

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…