Buseck Center for Meteorite Studies

The Center for Meteorite Studies and the School of Earth and Space Exploration (SESE) are pleased to announce the winners of the 2017 Nininger Student Travel Award. The goal of this award is to support travel to the annual Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (LPSC) of up to 4 SESE undergraduate and graduate students to…

ASU's Virginia G. Piper Center for Creative Writing recently hosted a moderated question-and-answer session with Margot Lee Shetterly, author of Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race. Panelists included Dr. Stanlie James (Vice Provost for Inclusion and Community Engagement) and Center for…

Aioun el Atrouss is a diogenite-pm (achondrite) that fell April 17, 1974, in southeastern Mauritania. According to the Meteoritical Bulletin (MB 56): A fireball was observed and a sonic boom was heard.  Meteoritic material was recovered from three separate sites in sandy, desert terrain by tribesmen. Aioun el Atrouss is classified as a diogenite-pm, meaning…

Delve 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! Ph.D. Candidate Emilie Dunham is melting a mixture of oxide powders in a platinum crucible to make a new standard for SIMS (Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry) analysis of…

Congratulations to Center Ph.D. candidate Cameron Mercer, recipient of the prestigious 2016 Stephen E. Dwornik Award! The award was endowed in 1991 by Dr. Stephen E. Dwornik, who wished to encourage U.S. students to become involved with NASA and planetary science. The Dwornik Award recognizes outstanding student presentations at the annual Lunar and Planetary Science…