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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

Genesis Solar Wind Sample Analysis and Techniques Virtual Workshop

Center Emeritus Assistant Research Professor Amy Jurewicz, former Jet Propulsion Laboratory Project Scientist for NASA’s Genesis mission, has been involved with the planning of the 2024 Genesis Solar Wind Sample Analysis and Techniques Virtual Workshop along with Genesis Primary Investigator Don Burnett, Genesis Curatory Judy Allton and Carla Gonzalez (Jacobs Engineering – Genesis Curation). The […]

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New research in the Center!

This month, members of the Buseck Center for Meteorite Studies presented 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 presolar grains, lunar meteorites, samples returned from asteroids, carbonaceous chondrites, the solar wind, mineralogy, and isotope […]

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Thank you Sun Devil Nation!

From all of us at the ASU Buseck Center for Meteorite Studies, sincere and heartfelt thanks to everyone who supports our mission – on Sun Devil Giving Day, and every other day. We couldn’t do it without you! […]

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2024 Nininger Travel Award recipients announced

The Buseck Center for Meteorite Studies and School of Earth and Space Exploration are pleased to announce the winners of the 2024 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 undergraduate and/or graduate students to present their […]

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