Buseck Center for Meteorite Studies

Congratulations to Center for Meteorite Studies Ph. D. student Soumya Ray, who has been awarded a Summer Exploration Graduate (SEG) Fellowship! The SEG Fellowship Program encourages and supports summer exploration activities by graduate students  in all of the research areas within the School of Earth and Space Exploration. The SEG Fellowship Program seeks creative and…

The Center for Meteorite Studies is pleased to welcome Dr. Jemma Davidson!   Dr. Davidson received her M. Sc. in Geochemistry from Durham University in 2006, followed by a Ph. D. in Cosmochemistry and Planetary Science from the Open University in 2009. She brings considerable expertise in Isotope Cosmochemistry and in a variety of analytical…

Join ASU Meteorite Curator Laurence Garvie for a tour of the meteorite collection in this new Science Friday video! Read more and see additional photos here!

Members of the Center's clean lab curling team (seen here, training for the Clean Lab Olympics) were recently featured in a tweet by Center Director Meenakshi Wadhwa.  The photo was not only retweeted by Curling Las Vegas, but also by @TeamShuster, the 2018 Men's Olympic curling gold medalists.  Go, Team Isotopes! Inspired by @TeamShuster &…

Bishopville is an aubrite meteorite that fell in Sumter County, South Carolina, on March 25, 1843.  According to an article published in the journal Meteoritics (vol. 19) by H. H. Nininger: Its meteor and the explosion which accompanied the fall were witnessed over an area 30 to 40 miles in diameter. One six-kilogram stone was…