Disappointing that meteorology isn't the study of meteors. That would be meteoritics. Also, someone who studies meteoritics is called a meteoriticist and not a meteorite. We've messed up this entire naming system and need to start again.
October 12, 2024 at 1:50 PM
Disappointing that meteorology isn't the study of meteors. That would be meteoritics. Also, someone who studies meteoritics is called a meteoriticist and not a meteorite. We've messed up this entire naming system and need to start again.
I’m excited to let y’all know that in January 2026 I will be joining the department of Earth & Planetary Sciences/Institute of Meteoritics @unm.edu as an Assistant Professor 🐺 ✨
July 30, 2025 at 7:25 PM
I’m excited to let y’all know that in January 2026 I will be joining the department of Earth & Planetary Sciences/Institute of Meteoritics @unm.edu as an Assistant Professor 🐺 ✨
<sidles up>
are you interested in Meteoritics?
I mean, not Meteoritics and Planetary Sciences, just Meteoritics? You get my drift?
<looks around, takes a sip of Bartles & James>
I might know a guy.
are you interested in Meteoritics?
I mean, not Meteoritics and Planetary Sciences, just Meteoritics? You get my drift?
<looks around, takes a sip of Bartles & James>
I might know a guy.
June 5, 2026 at 1:54 AM
<sidles up>
are you interested in Meteoritics?
I mean, not Meteoritics and Planetary Sciences, just Meteoritics? You get my drift?
<looks around, takes a sip of Bartles & James>
I might know a guy.
are you interested in Meteoritics?
I mean, not Meteoritics and Planetary Sciences, just Meteoritics? You get my drift?
<looks around, takes a sip of Bartles & James>
I might know a guy.
TIL it's called meteoritics but that feels like bullshit
Astrolithology sounds cooler
Astrolithology sounds cooler
March 7, 2025 at 6:00 AM
TIL it's called meteoritics but that feels like bullshit
Astrolithology sounds cooler
Astrolithology sounds cooler
Oh, and I forgot: 🔭🧪⚒️☄️It's just great that #meteoritics is at the intersection of #geology and #astronomy!
This is a great paper which - if you accept its proposal - allows us to track the most abundant types of meteorites falling today back to only a few asteroid families, formed in the last 40 Ma. L chondrites to Massalia (and a secondary Massalia family within it), H chondrites to Karin and... (1/n)
Young asteroid families as the primary source of meteorites - Nature
Three relatively recent break-up events relating to young asteroid families are probably the dominant sources of the current influx of meteoritic material to the Earth.
www.nature.com
October 20, 2024 at 9:02 PM
Oh, and I forgot: 🔭🧪⚒️☄️It's just great that #meteoritics is at the intersection of #geology and #astronomy!
Dunno about meteors, but the study of meteorites is called meteoritics. And the people who do it are called meteoriticists, though not very often.
December 17, 2024 at 9:35 PM
Dunno about meteors, but the study of meteorites is called meteoritics. And the people who do it are called meteoriticists, though not very often.
Calling all meteorite lovers! ☄️
Are YOU studying a BSc/MSc/MSci course and interested in a summer research project on meteoritics?
The Paneth Meteorite Trust offers bursaries for such internships and is accepting applications from student supervisors.
Find out more at: ras.ac.uk/awards-and-g...
Are YOU studying a BSc/MSc/MSci course and interested in a summer research project on meteoritics?
The Paneth Meteorite Trust offers bursaries for such internships and is accepting applications from student supervisors.
Find out more at: ras.ac.uk/awards-and-g...
March 24, 2026 at 10:15 AM
Calling all meteorite lovers! ☄️
Are YOU studying a BSc/MSc/MSci course and interested in a summer research project on meteoritics?
The Paneth Meteorite Trust offers bursaries for such internships and is accepting applications from student supervisors.
Find out more at: ras.ac.uk/awards-and-g...
Are YOU studying a BSc/MSc/MSci course and interested in a summer research project on meteoritics?
The Paneth Meteorite Trust offers bursaries for such internships and is accepting applications from student supervisors.
Find out more at: ras.ac.uk/awards-and-g...
Maybe some of you meteoritics or weather folks can say whether our Raspberry Shake in Granville OH picked up the boom right after 9 am EDT / 1 pm UTC. Here is the trace:
March 17, 2026 at 2:23 PM
Maybe some of you meteoritics or weather folks can say whether our Raspberry Shake in Granville OH picked up the boom right after 9 am EDT / 1 pm UTC. Here is the trace:
I'm glad Avi has submitted a paper for peer review.
However, given that none of the authors seem to have any background in meteoritics, spherules, or cosmic dust, it seems inappropriate to hold a press release prior to peer review.
What's the rush?
However, given that none of the authors seem to have any background in meteoritics, spherules, or cosmic dust, it seems inappropriate to hold a press release prior to peer review.
What's the rush?
August 30, 2023 at 3:29 PM
I'm glad Avi has submitted a paper for peer review.
However, given that none of the authors seem to have any background in meteoritics, spherules, or cosmic dust, it seems inappropriate to hold a press release prior to peer review.
What's the rush?
However, given that none of the authors seem to have any background in meteoritics, spherules, or cosmic dust, it seems inappropriate to hold a press release prior to peer review.
What's the rush?
Samples of asteroid Ryugu arrived in a sealed container, were opened in a nitrogen filled level-7 clean room & were moved with sterilized tools. But when they were analyzed, the samples were covered with Earth bacteria.
Life, uh, finds a way... 🧪
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Life, uh, finds a way... 🧪
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
November 27, 2024 at 9:08 PM
Samples of asteroid Ryugu arrived in a sealed container, were opened in a nitrogen filled level-7 clean room & were moved with sterilized tools. But when they were analyzed, the samples were covered with Earth bacteria.
Life, uh, finds a way... 🧪
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Life, uh, finds a way... 🧪
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Big news!🚨 Our work "Cosmic pears🍐from the Havelland (Germany): Ribbeck, the twelth recorded aubrite fall in history" was named one of the top 10 most-cited papers published in Meteoritics & Planetary Science in 2024! ☄️🚀
Congrats to 1st author Addi Bischoff @uni-muenster.de!
doi.org/10.1111/maps...
Congrats to 1st author Addi Bischoff @uni-muenster.de!
doi.org/10.1111/maps...
April 15, 2026 at 1:41 PM
Big news!🚨 Our work "Cosmic pears🍐from the Havelland (Germany): Ribbeck, the twelth recorded aubrite fall in history" was named one of the top 10 most-cited papers published in Meteoritics & Planetary Science in 2024! ☄️🚀
Congrats to 1st author Addi Bischoff @uni-muenster.de!
doi.org/10.1111/maps...
Congrats to 1st author Addi Bischoff @uni-muenster.de!
doi.org/10.1111/maps...
Their findings show that melting and fragmentation, rather than simply evaporation and "burning up", control how a rock loses mass, slows down and ultimately reaches the ground. The journal Meteoritics & Planetary Science published these findings.
August 24, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Their findings show that melting and fragmentation, rather than simply evaporation and "burning up", control how a rock loses mass, slows down and ultimately reaches the ground. The journal Meteoritics & Planetary Science published these findings.
From: Boslough, M., et al. 2026. Preventing and Correcting Spread of Misinformation about Near-Earth Objects, Impacts, Airbursts, and Planetary Defense: Case Studies. Meteoritics and Plenary Science, in press.
April 25, 2026 at 2:40 AM
From: Boslough, M., et al. 2026. Preventing and Correcting Spread of Misinformation about Near-Earth Objects, Impacts, Airbursts, and Planetary Defense: Case Studies. Meteoritics and Plenary Science, in press.
Lol, recycled all my meteoritics and Maps issues when I moved west
June 5, 2026 at 1:57 AM
Lol, recycled all my meteoritics and Maps issues when I moved west
Surprising Phosphate Finding in NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample
An early analysis of the Bennu sample, published June 26 in Meteoritics & Planetary Science, demonstrates that excitement about the sample was warranted.
astrobiology.arizona.edu/news/surpris...
An early analysis of the Bennu sample, published June 26 in Meteoritics & Planetary Science, demonstrates that excitement about the sample was warranted.
astrobiology.arizona.edu/news/surpris...
June 28, 2024 at 6:28 PM
Surprising Phosphate Finding in NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample
An early analysis of the Bennu sample, published June 26 in Meteoritics & Planetary Science, demonstrates that excitement about the sample was warranted.
astrobiology.arizona.edu/news/surpris...
An early analysis of the Bennu sample, published June 26 in Meteoritics & Planetary Science, demonstrates that excitement about the sample was warranted.
astrobiology.arizona.edu/news/surpris...
Proud advisor week! PhD student Moe Mijjum had her first, first-author paper published in Meteoritics & Planetary Science, and she's got another accepted paper that should be out soon!
January 15, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Proud advisor week! PhD student Moe Mijjum had her first, first-author paper published in Meteoritics & Planetary Science, and she's got another accepted paper that should be out soon!
"On the 14th of December, 1807, about half past 6 o'clock, A.M. a #meteor was seen moving through the atmosphere...& was heard to explode over the town of Weston, in #Connecticut." -Benjamin Silliman
More on the Weston #meteorite: www.lindahall.org/about/news/s...
#histSTM #OnThisDay #astronomy 🗃️📜
More on the Weston #meteorite: www.lindahall.org/about/news/s...
#histSTM #OnThisDay #astronomy 🗃️📜
December 14, 2024 at 5:10 PM
"On the 14th of December, 1807, about half past 6 o'clock, A.M. a #meteor was seen moving through the atmosphere...& was heard to explode over the town of Weston, in #Connecticut." -Benjamin Silliman
More on the Weston #meteorite: www.lindahall.org/about/news/s...
#histSTM #OnThisDay #astronomy 🗃️📜
More on the Weston #meteorite: www.lindahall.org/about/news/s...
#histSTM #OnThisDay #astronomy 🗃️📜
One major surprise from NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission: Bennu contain minerals similar to those found at the mid-Atlantic ridge on Earth, indicating that this little asteroid was once part of a bigger, water-rich world. news.arizona.edu/news/bennu-h... 🔭🧪
June 29, 2024 at 4:58 PM
One major surprise from NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission: Bennu contain minerals similar to those found at the mid-Atlantic ridge on Earth, indicating that this little asteroid was once part of a bigger, water-rich world. news.arizona.edu/news/bennu-h... 🔭🧪
Good news!
The deadline for bursary applications for the Paneth Meteorite Trust Awards has been extended until Friday 18 April.
Are you studying a BSc/MSc/MSci course and interested in a summer research project on meteoritics?
Help is available at: ras.ac.uk/awards-and-g...
The deadline for bursary applications for the Paneth Meteorite Trust Awards has been extended until Friday 18 April.
Are you studying a BSc/MSc/MSci course and interested in a summer research project on meteoritics?
Help is available at: ras.ac.uk/awards-and-g...
April 7, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Good news!
The deadline for bursary applications for the Paneth Meteorite Trust Awards has been extended until Friday 18 April.
Are you studying a BSc/MSc/MSci course and interested in a summer research project on meteoritics?
Help is available at: ras.ac.uk/awards-and-g...
The deadline for bursary applications for the Paneth Meteorite Trust Awards has been extended until Friday 18 April.
Are you studying a BSc/MSc/MSci course and interested in a summer research project on meteoritics?
Help is available at: ras.ac.uk/awards-and-g...
Calling all meteorite lovers! ☄️
Are YOU studying a BSc/MSc/MSci course and interested in a summer research project on meteoritics?
The Paneth Meteorite Trust offers bursaries for such internships and is accepting applications from student supervisors.
Visit: ras.ac.uk/awards-and-g...
Are YOU studying a BSc/MSc/MSci course and interested in a summer research project on meteoritics?
The Paneth Meteorite Trust offers bursaries for such internships and is accepting applications from student supervisors.
Visit: ras.ac.uk/awards-and-g...
March 27, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Calling all meteorite lovers! ☄️
Are YOU studying a BSc/MSc/MSci course and interested in a summer research project on meteoritics?
The Paneth Meteorite Trust offers bursaries for such internships and is accepting applications from student supervisors.
Visit: ras.ac.uk/awards-and-g...
Are YOU studying a BSc/MSc/MSci course and interested in a summer research project on meteoritics?
The Paneth Meteorite Trust offers bursaries for such internships and is accepting applications from student supervisors.
Visit: ras.ac.uk/awards-and-g...
Because that's called meteoritics.
January 9, 2026 at 7:28 PM
Because that's called meteoritics.
exchanging emails with meteoritics experts about the specific thermophysical parameters to use for cometary material analogues. CIs, CMs, CM2s, carbonaceous chondrites, pyroxine,... I know all these things vaguely but it's good to hear the experts talk! #PlanetaryScience
November 27, 2024 at 9:12 AM
exchanging emails with meteoritics experts about the specific thermophysical parameters to use for cometary material analogues. CIs, CMs, CM2s, carbonaceous chondrites, pyroxine,... I know all these things vaguely but it's good to hear the experts talk! #PlanetaryScience
#ufosky #ufo #ufohistory
Today in UFO History - LaPaz Informed About Green Fireballs
December 9, 1948 —
1/Capt. Neef informs Lincoln LaPaz, director of meteoritics at the University of New Mexico, about the green fireball sightings.
Today in UFO History - LaPaz Informed About Green Fireballs
December 9, 1948 —
1/Capt. Neef informs Lincoln LaPaz, director of meteoritics at the University of New Mexico, about the green fireball sightings.
December 8, 2025 at 10:50 PM
#ufosky #ufo #ufohistory
Today in UFO History - LaPaz Informed About Green Fireballs
December 9, 1948 —
1/Capt. Neef informs Lincoln LaPaz, director of meteoritics at the University of New Mexico, about the green fireball sightings.
Today in UFO History - LaPaz Informed About Green Fireballs
December 9, 1948 —
1/Capt. Neef informs Lincoln LaPaz, director of meteoritics at the University of New Mexico, about the green fireball sightings.
Just realized they selected my Badwater Basin photo for Vol 60, Is. 8 of Meteoritics & Planetary Science! Thanks for picking this photo. It was hella fun capturing this view. Glad to have a paper in this issue (although would've appreciated a lil name credit 4 the photo lol). 💙
August 26, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Just realized they selected my Badwater Basin photo for Vol 60, Is. 8 of Meteoritics & Planetary Science! Thanks for picking this photo. It was hella fun capturing this view. Glad to have a paper in this issue (although would've appreciated a lil name credit 4 the photo lol). 💙