Planetary Geologist Marvel: Ursula B. Marvin
“Among Harvard’s greatest treasures are people who revel in discovery and disperse dusty clouds of ignorance.” - David Kring
Annual Meteoritical Society Meeting in LA
The 2023 Meteoritical Society Meeting takes place in Los Angeles California!
Asteroid Day at Both the Impact Site and Observatory!
Don’t miss Asteroid Day events at the sites of both an impact and an observatory in the same day!
Hollywood’s Year of The Crater
Its a great year for popularizing impact science with two new films: Wes Anderson’s Asteroid City and Disney’s Crater!
Exciting Large Boulder Roll at Meteor Crater
The safety concern of a large boulder on the edge of the crater which threatened to come loose became opportunity for scientific study!
Barringer Public Lecture at UCLA’s Fowler Museum
Amy Mainzer presents “Earth-Approaching Asteroids and Comets: Opportunity and Risk” at the Meteorological Society Conference August 14, 2023 7pm at UCLA's Fowler Museum
Its a Hit! Meteorite Strikes Lunar Surface
A meteorite strike on the lunar surface was captured on video by Daichi Fujii, curator of the Hiratsuka City Museum!
In Memory of Carleton B. Moore
Amongst his many contributions to the field, Professor Moore with his team, first identified organic molecules in meteorites, as well as set up the first Meteorite Museum at ASU.
What is a Fireball?
Check out the website Impact Earth to learn all about impacts and near hits!
Imagine what it was like at the time of Impact:
Barringer Meteor Crater is beautifully preserved in the high Arizona desert landscape, but when it was formed the scenery was quite different!
We CAN Deflect an Asteriod!
“For the first time ever, humanity has changed the orbit of a planetary object”
Potential “New” Meteorite Crater for the Database
Recent research using magnetic anomalies and shocked rock is again presenting evidence that this is indeed a crater formed by a meteorite. And won’t the winery be relieved when its name (Domaine du Météore) is justified and the crater makes it onto the confirmed list!
A Shared Memory of Gene Shoemaker and The Crater…
The Crater, and the incredible scientists studying it, create powerful impressions for so many over the years!
Looking for a Sky Show?
Do you want to know where and when to look for the next spectacle in the sky?
Our Universe on Netflix Features the Crater
An exciting new series launched on Netflix features the Barringer Meteor Crater!
Artemis Moon Mission Training Sites
The astronauts preparing for the 2024 Artemis mission to the moon are training here on earth where conditions mimic the lunar surface
How to See the Green Comet
First discovered in March 2022 at Palomar Observatory in California, Comet C/2022 E3 ZTF is approaching and is soon to closest to earth.
