UCLA Meteorites

Please join the UCLA Meteorite Gallery Lecture Series this Sunday (9/20) at 2:30 pm for Dr. Andy Davis’ presentation about his study of dust grains from supernovae in meteorites Link to Zoom lecture in bio. Photo credit: NASA/ESA/HEIC and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)>

Please join us tomorrow at 2:30 pm Pacific Time for a lecture from Dr. Meenakshi Wadhwa from Arizona State University as she discusses tales from the meteorite vault. Link in bio.

Please join us this Sunday, July 12th at 2:30 p.m. to welcome Dr. Cristina Thomas from Northern Arizona University for a virtual Zoom lecture. Dr. Thomas leads the DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test) team which is NASA’s first planetary defense mission to test asteroid deflection by kinetic impactor. Event registration in bio. #womeninstem #outerspace #nasa

Millbillillie is the largest eucrite fall; about 330 kg have been recovered. About 868 g of material are now part of the UCLA Meteorite Collection.