Buseck Center for Meteorite Studies

Leighlinbridge is an ordinary (L6) chondrite that fell the night of November 28, 1999,  in County Carlow, Ireland. According to the Meteoritical Bulletin (MB 84), “a bright fireball accompanied by detonations was observed over Carlow”.  In an article from January of 2000, BBC News described the fall as spectacular, and cited witness accounts of the…

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! Center Ph.D. candidate Daniel Dunlap has been using the W.M. Keck Foundation Laboratory's Thermo iCap Q quadropole mass spectrometer to measure the elemental concentrations of meteorite solutions. Read…

Thanks very much to everyone who stopped by the Center's booth at the ASU Homecoming Block Party this year!  Our researchers and students had a fantastic time, and are already looking forward to next year! In the meantime, visit us this Saturday, Nov 5, at Earth & Space Exploration Day! Photos ⓒ CMS/ASU.

The annual Orionid meteor shower is this month!  While the meteor shower is active October 2 to November 7, this year's peak will be October 21.  At its height, you may expect to see up to 20 meteors per hour, some very bright and fast – according to NASA, these meteors are travelling at a…

Center for Meteorite Studies Assistant Director Devin Schrader is a sample scientist collaborator on NASA's OSIRIS-REx (Origins Spectral Interpretation Resource Identification Security Regolith Explorer).  He attended the mission launch at Kennedy Space Center last month, and brings us the latest in our series of digital postcards! OSIRIS-REx will arrive at asteroid Bennu in 2018, and…