Nice work Dr. Sarah Jackson!

Knit what you see every day! 🪐 ANU Planetary Scientist Rachel Kirby (Rachel Kirby) creates amazing clothing and fabric art based on her own research. ANU Earth Sciences 🌏

Now that it is all official, I'm excited to announce I am joining Monash Earth, Atmosphere and Environment 🌏🌪️🍃 for a postdoc next year! I'm really looking forward to working with Andy Tomkins and E Sansom on the Fireballs in the Sky project and planetary science here in Australia.

Long time no social media! In the last few months I've written a thesis, moved the family to Melbourne, and started a postdoc at Monash University at Monash Earth, Atmosphere and Environment 🌏🌪️🍃 working with Andy Tomkins, E Sansom and the Fireballs in the Sky group. Big, exciting things!

In April we went out to remote areas of South Australia on the hunt for meteorites captured by the Desert Fireball Network. It was a technically challenging trip however still amazing to be out on such beautiful country. Andy Tomkins Monash Earth, Atmosphere and Environment 🌏🌪️🍃 Space Science and Technology Centre - Curtin Fireballs in the Sky

✨Come and do a PhD with us!✨ Andy Tomkins and I are looking for two motivated, talented and enthusiastic PhD students with an interest in meteorites and planetary science to join us at Monash Earth, Atmosphere and Environment 🌏🌪️🍃 More details at monash.edu/science/school…

This weekend on Einstein A Go Go 3rrrfm we have an extraordinary guest line up including: Bernadette Jones-Freeman Paris Papagianis Rachel Kirby The Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute and Monash University guests are taking over! Join us from 11am Sunday on 102.7FM or via rrr.org.au

Preparing for an interview on Einstein A Go Go with Dr Shane Huntington OAM in the only way that feels appropriate! I’ll be on 3rrrfm between 11-12 talking all things meteorites and my research at ANU Earth Sciences 🌏 and Monash Earth, Atmosphere and Environment 🌏🌪️🍃

Thanks for having me! It’s always a great day when you get to chat meteorites with enthusiastic folk!

Good news if you also want to be a meteorite detective - we are hiring! If you are interested in doing a PhD with Andy Tomkins and I, including finding meteorites and unlocking their secrets, please get in touch!

In case people missed Einstein A Go Go on 3rrrfm today you can catch up via the streaming link below. We had 3 amazing guests - Bernadette Jones-Freeman Paris Papagianis and Rachel Kirby all from Monash University. What a privilege to interview them all! rrr.org.au/explore/progra…

So many concerned parents writing in to my office about this decision. We need to value community-led early learning centres. You can show your support by signing the petition here: change.org/p/save-anu-com…

This is really sad news. Without the excellent care provided by UPCCC, it would have been incredibly difficult for me to complete my PhD and successfully continue into an academia. Support for community childcare centres on university campuses is support for women in academia.

Previously considered the most hazardous of all known asteroids, any chance that 99942 Apophis will impact Earth in the next 100 years has since been ruled out. But its flyby of Earth in April 2029 will be one of the rarest space events of our lives. 10 facts 🧵👇

Nice to get the cover of Nature Geoscience today. Not something that happens every day. See our article by Voisey et al. nature.com/ngeo/volumes/1…

A ring system around Earth? Monash Earth, Atmosphere and Environment 🌏🌪️🍃 researchers led by Andy Tomkins found evidence suggesting that there might have been one 466 mil years ago. Read more to learn about its potential climate implications 👇 monash.edu/science/news-e…

A new fun piece of science we’ve just published… theconversation.com/hidden-craters… via The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand

Revelation

I’m loving some of the artwork and comic responses to our Earth ring paper (doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl…). Here’s an awesome one from Oliver Hull.

Evidence suggests the Earth had rings 466 million years ago! Andy Tomkins published a great paper outlining the idea and evidence and now we are collaborating on some follow-up work. Even my kids have jumped on board with some space art! Full paper: sciencedirect.com/science/articl…