Members of the Center for Meteorite Studies take space rocks to the 31st ASU Day at the Capitol! At this annual event highlighting ASU’s impact on the local community and economy, the university hosts elected officials, and showcases exhibits on the Senate Lawn at the Arizona State Capitol representing the best of Arizona State University. […]
Visitors from Another World!
Gazing at the night sky conjures deep questions about the universe. Meenakshi Wadhwa, professor in the School of Earth & Space Exploration and director of the Center for Meteorite Studies at Arizona State University, invites us to look at the planetary ‘Rosetta stones’ right here on Earth that can give us answers. Watch her recent […]
Graduate Student Spotlight: Emilie Dunham
Emilie Dunham received her B.S. in Astronomy (with minors in Geology and Physics) from Case Western Reserve University in 2014. As an undergraduate student, Emilie worked with Dr. Ralph Harvey on comparing the petrology of martian meteorites and dolorites to understand the process that formed lithologic boundaries in the martian meteorite EETA79001. Excited to continue […]
Behind the Scenes – Polishing Meteorites
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. student Zack Torrano is setting meteorite fragments in resin, then polishing them for analysis on the electron microprobe at ASU! Zack is interested in the meteorite's […]
Juancheng
Juancheng is an ordinary (H5) chondrite that fell late the night of February 15, 1997 in Shandong Province, China. More than 1,000 individual stones, totaling over 100 kg of material, were subsequently recovered, including one piece that fell through a roof and landed in a pot on the stove! Photo: ASU/CMS. […]
