For centuries, humans have sought to learn whether life exists beyond Earth. That answer is closer than ever to fulfillment, and an ASU team is working on a key part of that quest with NASA’s backing. Thousands of exoplanets (planets around other stars) have been discovered in the past decade, and the next decade likely […]
Congratulations to the Center’s Kera Tucker!
We are pleased to announce that Kera Tucker, a graduate student in the Center for Meteorite Studies at ASU, has successfully defended her Master's thesis, entitled "Hydrogen Isotope Systematics of Nominally Anhydrous Phases in Martian Meteorites". Based on 113 individual SIMS (Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometer) analyses on 8 different martian meteorites, Kera’s research concludes that […]
Nejo
Nejo is a 2.45-kg ordinary (L6) chondrite that fell near the village of Jarso, in the Wollega Province of Ethiopia May 11, 1970. According to the Meteoritical Bulletin (MB 50): High-pitched noise indicated that three objects passed over Jarso heading north-northwest. One fell hitting the ground at the same time an explosion was heard. The […]
Large Mars crater named for late ASU professor Ronald Greeley
Throughout his career Ronald Greeley was passionate about exploring Mars, so it’s fitting that the late Arizona State University professor’s name will grace maps of the Red Planet. A large, ancient crater – nearly as wide as Arizona – now carries the name of Greeley Crater, in honor of the Mars science pioneer and longtime […]
The Center Welcomes Dr. Alice Stephant!
We are pleased to welcome Dr. Alice Stephant, a Postdoctoral Scholar in the Center for Meteorite Studies! Alice received her Ph. D. in 2014 from the Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle in Paris, and her research interests are in understanding the origin of water on planetary bodies in our Solar System through analyses of the hydrogen […]
