We are pleased to announce that Ph.D. Candidate Soumya Ray has been granted a Graduate Excellence Award by ASU's College of Liberal Arts and Science. The college recognizes outstanding graduate students who have been nationally acknowledged through funded fellowships, scholarships, and grants. Eligible students receive funds to advance their research and are recognized at an […]
Meteorite Gallery joins 2019 Blue Star Museum program
The Center's Meteorite Gallery joins more than 2,000 museums across America to offer free admission to military personnel and their families this summer, in collaboration with the National Endowment for the Arts, Blue Star Families, and the Department of Defense. Blue […]
Cumberland Falls
Cumberland Falls is an achondrite (aubrite) meteorite that fell in Kentucky, April 9 of 1919. There were many witnesses to this daytime meteorite fall, given the brilliant fireball and sonic booms. According to Miller (1919): "The concussions produced by the bolide were terrific, causing buildings to rock, and producting (SIC) the impression on some that […]
Women astronauts? How ridiculous!
In a new article for the ASU Interplanetary Initiative Community in a Box Project, Center Ph.D. Candidate Soumya Ray writes that, "in building off-world communities, diversity and inclusiveness are not optional". "In writing this article, I was inspired by the question “what would you put in a ‘community-in-a-box’ to kick-start a vibrant, sustainable community in space?” […]
New OSIRIS-REx Nature publications
Center for Meteorite Studies Assistant Director Dr. Devin Schrader is a co-author on a new paper titled "Evidence for widespread hydrated minerals on asteroid (101955) Bennu", recently released in the journal Nature Astronomy as part of a special collection of OSIRIS-REx publications. Dr. Schrader provides sample science support for the asteroid sample return mission; read […]
