Buseck Center for Meteorite Studies

Catch up with Center alumni through this periodic feature! Dr. Cameron Mercer received his doctoral degree in 2017 from the School of Earth and Space Exploration at Arizona State University (ASU), where his dissertation research focused on the “High Spatial Resolution 40Ar/39Ar Geochronology of Lunar Impact Melt Rocks.” For this work he used an ultraviolet…

The Buseck Center for Meteorite Studies at Arizona State University is pleased to announce the application opportunity for the 2021-22 Nininger Meteorite Award for undergraduate and graduate students pursuing research in meteoritical sciences. The Nininger Meteorite Award recognizes outstanding student achievement in the meteoritical sciences as embodied by an original research paper.  Papers must cover…

Ask a Curator Day returns as Ask a Museum Day September 14th!  #Askamuseum is open worldwide and across social media platforms. You can ask anything that you’re curious about or want more information on. Send us your questions on Twitter (@ASUMeteorites)! What’s it like to work with your institution’s collection? How do you decide what…

Did you know that the Buseck Center for Meteorite Studies offers loanable classroom modules focusing on The Origin of Meteorites? Module lessons and activities are aligned to the National Science Education Standards (Grades 5-12) and the Arizona Academic Content Standards, and modules can be loaned to K-12 and informal educators. Each module contains actual specimens…

Nobleborough is an achondrite (eucrite-pm) meteorite that fell August 7th, 1823, in Maine. It was the first recorded meteorite fall in Maine, and the second ever in the United States. An eye witness mistook the sound of the meteorite's entry into Earth's atmosphere for musket fire, and a nearby flock of sheep was startled by…