Greenish rock found in Morocco may be first from planet Mercury Arizona State University’s Center for Meteorite Studies recently received pieces of one of the rarest meteorites ever found. Aside from its peculiar green color, what makes this space rock so special is where it could come from: It may be the first known visitor […]
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Hunting for Meteorites at the Bottom of the World!
CMS Director Meenakshi Wadhwa spent the winter in Antarctica, collecting meteorites as part of the Antarctic Search for Meteorites (ANSMET) 2012-2013 field season. This expedition was the subject of a recent ASU News article called "Hunting for Meteorites at the Bottom of the World", which includes a photo gallery highlighting the team's finds and working […]
Russian meteorite pieces land at ASU!
TEMPE, Ariz. – Arizona State University’s Center for Meteorite Studies (CMS) has acquired a significant new sample for its collection: pieces of the meteor that exploded spectacularly over Russia earlier this year. Several small pieces of the meteorite that rocked Chelyabinsk, Russia in February were donated to CMS by Chicago-area meteorite collector and philanthropist Terry […]
CMS Paper Listed in Nature Geoscience Top 10!
A CMS paper that redefined the age of the Solar System has made the list of the top ten papers in the 5-year history of the journal Nature Geoscience! "The age of the Solar System redefined by the oldest Pb-Pb age of a meteoritic inclusion" was authored in 2010 by Audrey Bouvier (then CMS Faculty […]
CMS Director on NPR’s Science Friday!
The Origins Project at Arizona State University welcomed NPR's Ira Flatow and the Science Friday team for a live taping of the show Friday, March 29th, with a panel of guests including Richard Dawkins, Ian McEwan, Lawrence Krauss, and CMS Director Meenakshi Wadhwa! You can listen online here! Science Friday is a weekly science talk show, broadcast live […]
