Hugoton: Our largest meteorite!Hugoton is an ordinary (H5) chondrite found in Stevens County, Kansas, in 1935. It was identified by H. H. Nininger, who had recently given a presentation on meteorites at a local high school. The talk was attended by the son of the finder, who invited Nininger to visit the Lynch family farm and examine the… |
New Meteorite Studies Postdoctoral FellowshipThe Arizona State University Buseck Center for Meteorite Studies (BCMS) is pleased to announce the search for the inaugural BCMS Meteorite Studies Postdoctoral Fellow. Early career individuals near PhD completion and up to 4 years post-PhD, with an interest in meteorites and related materials, are encouraged to apply. Come launch your scientific career in the… |
Celebrating CMS Founding Director Carleton B. MooreFriends and colleagues of the late Center Founding Director and ASU Regents’ Professor Carleton B. Moore gathered recently in the School of Earth and Space Exploration to pay tribute to his storied career and share memories. Speakers included BCMS Director Rhonda Stroud, School of Earth and Space Exploration Director (and former Director of the Center… |
Congratulations, Class of 2023!Watch BCMS and Barrett Honor College graduate Xeynab Mouti describe the meteorite dedicated to this year’s graduating class, in the video below. Xeynab’s research in the Center focussed on investigating fine-grained chondrule rims in the Mighei-like carbonaceous (CM) chondrites in order to further elucidate their formational history, with the goal of determining whether such rims… |
