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Buseck Center for Meteorite Studies

Center Student Receives Dwornik Award

Congratulations to Center Ph.D. Candidate Daniel Dunlap, who was awarded the Dwornik Award at this year's Lunar and Planetary Science Conference! The Dwornik Award recognizes outstanding student presentations (in both oral and poster categories) at the annual Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (LPSC). The award was endowed in 1991 by Dr. Stephen E. Dwornik, who […]

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CMS at Lunar & Planetary Science Conference

This March, several members of the Center for Meteorites Studies presented new findings at the 50th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (LPSC), in Houston, Texas. The Center's presentations covered a range of topics in meteoritics and cosmochemistry, including water on Mars, carbonaceous chondrites, meteorite petrology, the solar wind, and processes in the early Solar System. […]

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Allende 50th anniversary

February 8th marks the 50th anniversary of the Allende meteorite fall in Chihuahua, Mexico! Quite possibly the most studied meteorite of all time (referenced in over 14,000 peer-reviewed scientific papers), Allende is a (CV3) carbonaceous chondrite known for its abundant calcium-aluminum-rich inclusions, which provide information on processes in the Early Solar System.  Allende also contains […]

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