See what Center researchers are currently working on in this special behind-the-scenes feature! Director Dr. Rhonda Stroud stands next to the Center’s new variable pressure and cerium hexaboride (CeB6) source scanning electron microscope (SEM). This state-of-the-art SEM comes equipped with backscatter and secondary electron detectors for imaging at resolutions down to 10 nanometers, and an […]
Meteorites at ASU Open Door – Feb 24
Join us to celebrate the sciences, engineering, humanities and the arts with ASU and Arizona families, at ASU’s annual Open Door event! 1 PM to 5 PM, Saturday, February 24, 2024. Wonder what you will see and do? Check out a photo gallery of previous years’ events, attended by more than 2,500 adventure seekers. As part of the Open […]
Apply for the Nininger Travel Award
Apply by January 19, 2024. The Nininger Student Travel Award supports attendance of the 2024 Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (LPSC) of 4 School of Earth and Space Exploration (SESE) undergraduate and graduate students, to present their latest results in the field of meteoritics and planetary sciences. Awards will be up to $1000 for those attending […]
Camel Donga
Camel Donga is an achondrite found on the Nullarbor Plain of Western Australia in 1984. The word “donga” is a term for “campsite” in Australia. Camel Donga is a eucrite (monomict breccia), part of the HED group of meteorites (Howardites-Eucrites-Diogenites). These meteorites are believed to originate from the cooling of magma on the surface of […]
Behind the Scenes: Preparing meteorite for analysis
See what Center researchers are currently working on in this special behind-the-scenes feature! Center affiliated Barrett Honors College undergraduate student Eric Orson prepares a grain of the Tarda meteorite for analysis via Secondary Emission Microscopy in the ASU Meteorite Laboratory as part of his honor’s thesis project. Photo © ASU/SESE/BCMS. […]
