CMS Director on NPR’s Science Friday!

The Origins Project at Arizona State University welcomed NPR's Ira Flatow and the Science Friday team for a live taping of the show Friday, March 29th, with a panel of guests including Richard Dawkins, Ian McEwan, Lawrence Krauss, and CMS Director Meenakshi Wadhwa!  You can listen online here! Science Friday is a weekly science talk show, broadcast live…

CMS Featured on Science Channel!

The Center for Meteorite Studies was featured in an episode of the Science Channel program Alien Encounters!  The episode first aired Tuesday, March 12th, but you can watch the video here and learn more about the Science Channel's "Are We Alone?" month here.

Large Meteorite Found in Antarctica!

An international group of researchers has discovered the 5th-largest meteorite ever to be recovered from East Antarctica, a 40 lb ordinary chondrite.  You can read more about the discovery, and see photos of the expedition here! Every year, scientists from around the world flock to Antarctica to collect meteorites.  CMS Director Meenakshi Wadhwa spent this…

Meteorite Explodes Over Chelyabinsk Russia!

The morning of Friday, February 15, 2013, a large meteorite exploded over the city of Chelyabinsk Russia.  While the meteorite's impact date coincided with the flyby of near-Earth asteroid 2012 DA14, the two events are not related. You can read and watch the latest interviews with the Center for Meteorite Studies here and here!  Stay tuned…

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