A bright fireball was witnessed by several Valley of the Sun residents in the early morning hours of June 2nd, 2016. Reports describe a bright flash of light around 4 AM, and some were awakened by a loud bang. According to Center Meteorite Curator Laurence Garvie, this could be a single meteor burning up as […]
Portales Valley
Portales Valley, an ordinary (H6) chondrite that fell the morning of June 13, 1998, in New Mexico. According to the Meteoritical Bulletin (MB 83): "After detonations were heard and smoky trails seen in the sky, a shower of meteorites landed near Portales, New Mexico. 53 objects have been recovered, with a total mass of 71.4 […]
Greetings from Australia!
This April, Center post-doctoral scholar Julia Cartwright traveled to Canberra to analyze an ungrouped achondrite meteorite with Dr. Yuri Amelin, a Senior Fellow at The Australian National University. Julia in the ANU clean lab with chemistry in the background, including columns set up in the laminar flow hood. Photo: Julia Cartwright. Julia and Dr. Yuri […]
Greetings from India – part 5
As the recipient of a Fulbright-Nehru Academic and Professional Excellence Award, Center Director Meenakshi Wadhwa is spending 4 months doing collaborative research at the Physical Research Laboratory (PRL) in Ahmedabad, India. This is the fifth in a series of digital post cards from her travels – stay tuned for future updates! Center Director Meenakshi Wadhwa […]
Join CMS at Phoenix Comicon 2016!
Join the ASU Center for Meteorite Studies at Phoenix Comicon! Billed as the signature pop culture experience of the southwest, Phoenix Comicon lasts four days, and attracts tens of thousands of visitors. The Center will host touchable meteorites and activities in the Phoenix Convention Center, and will have researchers on hand to answer questions. Where: […]
