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Dr. John Hume Jones (known to all as “JJ”) died on April 13, 2025, in Houston, Texas, succumbing to complications from a chronic illness. More…

John W.  (Jack) Larimer, a pioneer in meteorite research, passed away at the age of 86 on January 22, 2026. More…

Ralph Uhlherr began his search for australites in the 1970s More…

Vagn Fabritius Buchwald, a pioneering Danish metallurgist, meteoriticist, and scholar of ancient iron, passed away on April 22, 2025, at the age of 95. His life and work More…

Dr. Frank A. Podosek, researcher in geochemistry, cosmochemistry and meteoritics, passed away at the age of 83 on June 8, 2025. More…

Edward Anders passed away peacefully in California on June 1, 2025. He was 98. More…

Bevan French is most widely known for his pioneering work in planetary science and the field of impact cratering. He was one of the early workers on terrestrial impact materials along with Gene Shoemaker, Nick Short, Richard Grieve, Dieter Stöffler, Ed Chao, and others, at a time when impacts on the Earth were not considered mainstream – or even possible. Throughout his career Bevan was a champion for impact science, particularly centered on petrography, and geologic observations at terrestrial craters. More…

Horton Elwood Newsom was killed in a car accident in Albuquerque, NM, April 19, 2024. Hort was widely known and respected in our community for his work in experimental and analytical geochemistry; impact cratering; and his active participation in spacecraft missions at Mars. More…

Daniel Jeremy Milton, aged 89, passed away peacefully at home, surrounded by family, in Vienna, Virginia, on May 26, 2024. More…

Donald D. Clayton, recipient of the 1991 Leonard Medal of the Meteoritical Society, passed away on January 3, 2024. More…