Buseck Center for Meteorite Studies

Kabo is an ordinary (H4) chondrite that fell the afternoon of April 25, 1971 in the Gwarzo District of Kano State, Nigeria. According to the Meteoritical Bulletin (MB 51), the meteorite’s fall to Earth was witnessed by farmers at work in their fields near the town of Kabo, approaching from the west.  A field investigation…

March 19th, ASU hosted Sun Devil Giving Day: A day for the Sun Devil Nation to come together to empower students, advance research, and improve lives. We are truly grateful to everyone who showed their support for the Center for Meteorite Studies, and made Sun Devil Giving Day a success.  Your gifts  help support our…

This March, several members of the Center for Meteorites Studies presented new findings at the 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (LPSC), in Texas.  The Center's presentations covered a range of topics in meteoritics and cosmochemistry, including meteorites from Mars and Vesta, carbonaceous chondrites, meteorite petrology, the solar wind, and processes in the early Solar…

March 1st through August 31st 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!

The moon is pelted with cosmic debris all the time, but the largest explosion on its surface that we’ve actually recorded occurred two years ago today. On March 17, 2013, an object the size of a small boulder hit the surface in Mare Imbrium and exploded in a flash of light nearly 10 times as…