Center Director featured on NPR’s Science FridayCenter Director Meenakshi Wadhwa was recently featured on NPR's Science Friday, discussing the discovery of an interstellar object in our Solar System! Listen to the interview here! Click on the image below for animation! This animation shows the path of A/2017 U1, which is an asteroid — or perhaps a comet — as it passed… |
Celebrate World Space Week 2017Celebrate World Space Week 2017 with the ASU Center for Meteorite Studies! Follow the Center on Facebook and Twitter for updates during World Space Week! Fun facts, meteorite photos, and more! Visit the ASU Meteorite Gallery! Find out where meteorites come from and how planets form! Discover what scientists are learning from meteorites – right… |
Behind the Scenes – Hayabusa MissionDelve into current research at the Center with this periodic news feature, and catch a glimpse of what our students and scientists are working on right now! Good things come to those who wait! Center Assistant Director Devin Schrader recently received very securely packaged samples of near-Earth asteroid Itokawa, on loan from the Japan Aerospace… |
Center student receives Wiley AwardCongratulations to Center Ph.D. Candidate Daniel Dunlap for receiving the 2017 Wiley Award, given each year for outstanding oral presentations by students at the Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society! Daniel received this honor for his presentation entitled 26Al-26Mg Systematics of the Ungrouped Achondrite Northwest Africa 11119: Timing of Extraterrestrial Silica-Rich Magmatism at the 80th… |
