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Buseck Center for Meteorite Studies
The Buseck Center for Meteorite Studies (est. 1961) is one of Arizona State University’s first-established research institutes. Our mission is to create and share new knowledge in the field of meteoritics and allied disciplines through:
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

New research in the Center

This week, members of the Center are presenting new findings at the annual Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (LPSC) held in Houston, Texas. The presented research covers a range of topics in meteoritics and cosmochemistry, including carbonaceous chondrites, the solar wind, mineralogy, and isotope geochemistry. Click on the abstract title links below to learn more […]

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Apply for the Nininger Meteorite Award

The Buseck Center for Meteorite Studies at Arizona State University is pleased to announce the application opportunity for the 2021-22 Nininger Meteorite Award for undergraduate and graduate students pursuing research in meteoritical sciences. The Nininger Meteorite Award recognizes outstanding student achievement in the meteoritical sciences as embodied by an original research paper.  Papers must cover […]

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2022 Nininger Travel Award recipients announced

The Buseck Center for Meteorite Studies and the School of Earth and Space Exploration (SESE) are pleased to announce the winners of the 2022 Nininger Student Travel Award. The goal of this award is to support attendance of the annual Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (LPSC) for at least 4 SESE undergraduate and/or graduate students […]

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Where are we now? Greg Brennecka

Catch up with Center alumni through this periodic feature! Dr. Greg Brennecka graduated with a PhD from ASU’s School of Earth and Space Exploration in 2011. His dissertation research was focused on using isotopes of the element uranium to better understand the history of the early Solar System and how oxygen levels have changed over […]

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