Not to be confused with SPACE X, the eXtraterrestrial SamPle Analysis, Curation and Exploration (XSPACE) is a new facility dedicated to “curate the meteorites and make them available to the scientific community.”

An exciting new series launched on Netflix features the Barringer Meteor Crater!

Looking for a totally unique experience for the whole family during the holiday break?

Open Space Visualization Software is an open source project, funded in part by NASA, to bring space exploration research to the general public.

This Wikimedia Commons illustration shows a meteoroid entering the atmosphere, becoming visible as a meteor and hitting the Earth's surface as a meteorite.

In 2021 astronomers may have discovered the origin of the carboniferous comet that created the Chicxulub crater.

NASA will launch on October 16 the First spacecraft to explore Jupiter’s orbiting asteroids, and LIVE coverage begins at 5am EDT on NASA TV (or the app or on all NASA social media)

Not only has the visitor center and museum been remodeled, expanded and updated, but the logo is too! The Barringer Space Museum features impact science and the history of the crater

Not all meteors make it to earth….whole, or even in part. And we know from the history of Barringer Meteor Crater that even if they do strike earth, they may still vaporize and burn up, leaving almost nothing but fragments.

Ever wonder what a Meteorite actually is? Or, the difference between Meteoroid, Meteor, and Meteorite? NASA has a whole page dedicated to this topic. As it turns out, only “space rocks” which make it all the way to earth are called Meteorites! According to NASA, Meteoriods are the dust and rocks in space, and they only become Meteors when they streak across our atmosphere, and only when they land, can they be called Meteorites!

… Today, both Arizona State University and the University of Arizona contribute hugely to space exploration, and the state is also home to a number of private companies heavily involved in the field. The unique qualities of the Arizona landscape also make it a natural home for some of the world’s leading observatories, as well as ongoing training and research around [Barringer] Meteor Crater and elsewhere.

There are lots of names associated with space rocks, so what is the difference? Join the Royal Observatory Greenwich astronomers to find out. They will also explore what space rocks can tell us about our very own planet Earth.