Buseck Center for Meteorite Studies

School of Earth & Space Exploration Post Doctoral Scholar Julia Cartwright has written a chapter for the most recent volume of the European Mineralogical Union (EMU) Notes in Mineralogy series.  Her chapter, "Noble gas chemistry of planetary materials" appears in Planetary Mineralogy (volume 15 in the series), published this year by the EMU.   Dr….

Through September 27th at the Verde Valley Archaeology Center, a special exhibit features meteorites in prehistoric cultures, including the 135 lb meteorite found in a Camp Verde Sinagua ruin in 1915!  Click here for more details! Watch the exhibit's opening remarks, given by Center for Meteorite Studies Collection Curator Dr. Laurence Garvie, below!

Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko reached its perihelion August 13, the point in its orbit at which it is closest to the Sun. Rosetta had already captured images of increased activity, including an outurst so strong that it pushed the incoming solar wind away from the comet's nucleus! More activity is expected over the coming weeks, as the…

A recent study published in the Astrophysical Journal provides new insight into the origin of H chondrites.  Since the 1990s, main belt asteroid 6-Hebe has been suggested as the probable parent body of the H chondrites.  This new research proposes that there are at least 2 source regions of H chondrites; one in the inner…

A new video released by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory shows radar images acquired during a June 25 Earth flyby of asteroid 1999 JD6. The asteroid is made up of two distinct lobes, and measures 200 – 300 metres (660 to 980 feet) in diameter. The radar images were obtained by pairing NASA's 70-meter-wide (230-foot) Deep…