Buseck Center for Meteorite Studies

While the annual Perseid meteor shower is at its peak August 11-13, you can take in the show a little early this year!  At the shower's height, you can expect as many as 60 meteors per hour in the pre-dawn hours (fewer in urban areas), but NASA's All Sky Fireball Network of cameras has already…

Join the Center for Meteorite Studies for the 2014 Homecoming Block Party! Saturday, Nov. 1st, time TBD Old Main, on the Tempe Campus On Saturday, November 1st, come out for the ultimate pre-game celebration! Homecoming festivities begin with a parade followed by the block party filled with food, fun, entertainment, and more. This year ASU…

The ASU Center for Meteorite Studies is pleased to announce that Ingrid Daubar, a graduate student at The University of Arizona, is the recipient of the 2013 Nininger Meteorite Award, and Emily Pringle, a graduate student at Washington University in St. Louis, received an Honorable Mention for the award.    The Nininger Meteorite Award recognizes…

The Curiosity Mars Rover has identified a new iron meteorite on the surface of Mars!  The meteorite, named Lebanon, measures approximately 2 meters (6.5 feet) wide, and was identified using high-resolution images generated by Curiosity’s onboard ChemCam, RMI, and MastCam instruments. Learn more about the find here! Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/LANL/CNES/IRAP/LPGNantes/CNRS/IAS/MSSS

For decades, meteorite researchers have pondered the circumstances resulting in the many ordinary L chondrites found on Earth – almost 25% of all meteorites recovered.  While it's been known for some time that the L chondrite parent body broke up approximately 470 Ma ago, likely due to impact with another large object, new research on…