Buseck Center for Meteorite Studies

You can now search the Center's extensive Carleton B. Moore Meteorite Collection from the comfort of your computer or mobile device!  Meteorites are indexed online, and sortable by type, class, name, and location.  For more information, click here! 

Earth & Space Exploration Day is Saturday, October 25, 2014! ★ Enjoy interactive displays in the Meteorite Gallery and hold a rock from space!   ★ Discover interactive exhibits in the Gallery of Scientific Exploration!    ★ Take in a 3-D astronomy show in the Marston Exploration Theater!   ★ See a replica of the Curiosity…

Astronomy Day was May 10th, but you can celebrate it all year with these great activities! Impact Craters Grades: 4-12   Impact craters are formed when impactors such as meteorites smash into the Moon's surface. Explore the many factors that affect the appearance of impact craters include the size and velocity of the impactor and…

Center for Meteorite Studies Director Meenakshi Wadhwa was recently interviewed for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation program "The Science Show".  You can listen to her walking tour of the meteorite collection here!  

Krähenberg is an ordinary (LL5) chondrite that fell May 5, 1868, in the Rheinland-Pfalz region of Germany.  The meteorite’s fall to Earth was well-witnessed, and described by English chemist Walter Flight in his 1875 publication History of Meteorites: "A single stone was seen to fall, the sky being clear and bright.  The noise of the…