Buseck Center for Meteorite Studies

ASU researchers to study what elements are created by exploding stars Apart from hydrogen, as many have heard from the Carl Sagan and Neil deGrasse Tyson "Cosmos" series, every ingredient in the human body is made from elements forged by stars. The calcium in our bones, the oxygen we breathe, the iron in our blood…

As part of Earth & Space Exploration Day, November 7th, Center researchers were available to identify potential meteorites brought in by the public!  NPR local station KJZZ was on site to record the yearly ID event, as was the ASU Now news team – read all about the ID process, as well as the reasons…

Center Director Meenakshi Wadhwa and Collection Curator Laurence Garvie are featured in the October 28th ASU Now newsfeed! You can read the entire story, which highlights the collection, as well as upcoming events and meteorite identification, here!

Karen Rieck received her M.S. from Arizona State University in 2008.  As a Master’s student, she measured lithium isotopes in basaltic meteorites. Supervised by Dr. Richard Hervig, the goal of this research was to better understand the thermal histories of eucrites by measuring chemical heterogeneity within the minerals comprising these basaltic meteorites. During her Ph.D….

Greg Brennecka was working at Lawrence Livermore National Lab after his master’s degree when he decided he wanted to continue on and get a PhD. Multiple people he worked with suggested he check out what was developing at ASU within SESE. He went for a visit, and then he and his wife both decided to…