Centers and institutes

This pioneering center is devoted to confronting the really big questions of science and philosophy.

The Buseck Center for Meteorite Studies creates and shares new knowledge in the field of meteoritics and allied disciplines.

The interplanetary initiative deploys new ways of building teams and solving problems, at scale, partnered across disciplines, sectors, and cultures to shape an inclusive and sustainable interplanetary future.

The Navrotsky Eyring Center for Materials of the Universe (MotU) unites cosmology, astrophysics, astronomy, planetary science and exploration, mineralogy and petrology, materials science and engineering, chemistry, physics, and biology to address grand questions of the complex chemistries and evolution of planets.