CMS Ph.D. Candidate Curtis Williams and Ph.D. Student Prajkta Mane represented the Center for Meteorite Studies at Phoenix Comicon this May, hosting a panel on meteorites with School of Earth & Space Exploration Associate Professor Steve Desch. Williams and Mane displayed touchable meteorites from the Center's Carleton B. Moore Meteorite Collection, answered questions, and discussed […]
Château-Renard
Château-Renard is an ordinary (L6) chondrite that fell near Montargis, in Loiret, France June 12, 1841. The meteorite’s fall was published in the American Journal of Science and Arts, Volume 42, as reported in the New York Observer on August 14, 1841: Meteorite in France. – Galignani’s Messenger mentions that at a late session of […]
CMS Graduate Student Awarded NASA Fellowship!
Congratulations to CMS Ph.D. student Prajkta Mane, the latest recipient of a NASA Earth and Space Science Fellowship (NESSF). This highly competitive fellowship is awarded to outstanding students pursuing graduate degrees in basic and applied research in Earth and space sciences. Prajkta is currently studying the hydrogen isotopic composition of Tissint, the most recent martian […]
Tucson Meteorite Collector Donates Green Space Rock to CMS!
Greenish rock found in Morocco may be first from planet Mercury Arizona State University’s Center for Meteorite Studies recently received pieces of one of the rarest meteorites ever found. Aside from its peculiar green color, what makes this space rock so special is where it could come from: It may be the first known visitor […]
Hunting for Meteorites at the Bottom of the World!
CMS Director Meenakshi Wadhwa spent the winter in Antarctica, collecting meteorites as part of the Antarctic Search for Meteorites (ANSMET) 2012-2013 field season. This expedition was the subject of a recent ASU News article called "Hunting for Meteorites at the Bottom of the World", which includes a photo gallery highlighting the team's finds and working […]
