Making an impact: Investigating impacts in our early Solar System through meteorite analysis

The Solar System is a very active place – planets, asteroids and other planetary bodies will sometimes interact with one another, which can lead to meteor and impact events here on Earth! In this talk, Dr. Cartwright will describe some of the main concepts of meteor events and impacts, and then detail some of her research involving understanding impact events on other planetary bodies through the study of extra-terrestrial materials that originate from planet and asteroid surfaces.