The Center for Meteorite Studies was recently featured in National Geographic Magazine, in an article titled "Our three favorite scientific breathroughs this month". Read the article and see photos, here! Photo: The ASU Center for Meteorite Studies climate-controlled meteorite collection facility. Image credit: ASU/CMS/Garvie. […]
Breitscheid
Breitscheid is an ordinary (H5) chondrite that fell the afternoon of August 11, 1956, in Hesse, Germany. According to the Meteoritical Bulletin (MB 2): The fall of the meteorite was observed as a short, light yellow, somewhat reddish fiery trail. Judging by the broken branches of trees and the aspect of the hole, it may […]
New Center research presented at Meteoritical Society Meeting
This July, several members, alumni, and affiliates of the Center for Meteorite Studies presented new findings at the 82nd Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society in Sapporo, Japan. The Center's presentations covered a broad range of topics in meteoritics and cosmochemistry, including water on Mars, aubrites, ureilites, meteorites from the moon, carbonaceous chondrites, and processes […]
ASU celebrates space exploration with Apollo 11 anniversary
A new ASU Now article documents how the Apollo 11 lunar landing continues to inspire scientists at ASU, as well as the role of Center Founding Director Carleton Moore in the analyses of the lunar samples returned to Earth by the Apollo missions. While the first samples returned by the Apollo 11 mission were almost […]
New Center for Meteorite Studies Interim Director
We are pleased to announce that Dr. Devin Schrader has been appointed Interim Director of the ASU Center for Meteorite Studies. Since 2015, Dr. Schrader has served as Assistant Director of the Center for Meteorite Studies and Research Professor in the School of Earth and Space Exploration. His research involves the use of petrographic, compositional, […]
