1. Cutting-edge research on understanding the origin of our Solar System and planets, including the pathways to forming habitable worlds.
2. Curation and distribution of one of the finest meteorite collections in the world.
3. Broad dissemination of the latest scientific results and education at local, national and global scales.
News
NASA Administrator and US Senator visit ASU meteorite collectionNASA Administrator Bill Nelson and U.S. Senator Mark Kelly recently visited the School of Earth and Space Exploration and toured the Buseck Center for Meteorite Studies collection vault with Curator Dr. Laurence Garvie and Interim Director Dr. Devin Schrader. Read about their visit and vault tour, and see more photos, here! […] |
Where are we now: Audrey BouvierCatch up with Center alumni through this periodic feature! Dr. Audrey Bouvier was a postdoctoral scholar and faculty research associate in the Center for Meteorites Studies from 2007 to 2011. While at ASU, her research focused on unraveling the chronology of planetary processes that took place during the first few million years of Solar System […] |
Center joins Blue Star Museums 2022The Buseck Center for Meteorite Studies is pleased to announce that we have once again joined museums nationwide in the Blue Star Museums initiative, a program that provides free admission to currently-serving U.S. military personnel and their families throung Monday, September 5, 2022. Find the list of participating museums at arts.gov/bluestarmuseums. Blue Star Museums is […] |
Where are we now: Michelle MinittiCatch up with Center alumni through this periodic feature! Dr. Michelle Minitti was Assistant Director of the Center for Meteorite Studies from 2005 to 2012, and also served as Interim Director in 2006. While at the Center, Dr. Minitti used Martian analogs to investigate Martian meteorites and their context in Mars remote sensing datasets, as […] |
