I have written an open letter to the IAU highlighting the ways in which naming conventions for planetary features have contributed to a lack of diversity in space. To read the letter and sign your support visit: docs.google.com/document/d/e/2… #WomenInSTEM #womeninscience STEM Women

Got some spare time this weekend and fancy investigating diversity across the solar system? Then this is the hackathon for you. #womenInSTEM #diversityInSTEM Women Who Rule! 500 Women Scientists International Astronomical Union (IAU) Faculty of STEM, The Open University

While the European Space Agency Ministerial is going on why not check out our new paper in EPSL about some of the oldest rivers found on Mars? And they are at the ESA_ExoMars Rosalind Franklin Rover landing site! Paper: doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl…. The Open University story: ounews.co/science-mct/an…

PhD opportunities in Planetary science at the Open University open.ac.uk/about/employme… River systems on Ancient Mars, open.ac.uk/science/physic… Details of mercury's geological history open.ac.uk/science/physic…

Looking for a Mars or Mercury geology PhD? "Geological mapping of Mercury at high spatial resolution shorturl.at/egJY7" "The Fluvial History of Noachis Terra & Hellas Basin, Mars (UK Space Agency allocated funding) shorturl.at/mnE49". Apply at shorturl.at/rwxAC

Our UK Space Agency funded PhD project to study ancient rivers and sediments on Mars is still open for applications. Project description here: tinyurl.com/bdexj6ww Apply here: tinyurl.com/jz7nkd6v. #PhDposition #Geology #Mars

Great new paper on Mars eskers (deposits from sub-glacial streams) from Planetary Environments alumnus and overall good egg @fegbutcher. doi.org/10.1017/aog.20…

The new BPSC2024 website is now live!🚀 The 2024 British Planetary Science Conference will be held in Leicester at Space Park Leicester and National Space Centre. Check back for updates on registration and programme information in the coming months: bpsc2024.le.ac.uk

open.ac.uk/science/physic… It's not too late to pursue a PhD at the OU with me in the next academic year - we're looking for a student to start in February 2024. If you like exoplanet atmospheres and spotty stars, please apply! Deadline 2nd October.

Just wrapped up a successful field campaign in #lceland for our Europlanet 🇪🇺 @Astrobiologyo work on geothermal aerosols, getting lots of samples for Angus Aldis! It has been a pleasure, lceland never ceases to amaze!

"Map of tectonic shortening structures in Chryse Planitia and Arabia Terra, Mars" by Savana Woodley, Peter Fawdon, Matthew Balme, and David Rothery 🇪🇺 💙. Full open access article available here: doi.org/10.1080/174456…

We have an exciting PhD opportunity open for applications NOW! 👉bit.ly/AstrobiologyPh… Closing date: 12pm (noon) on 9th October 2023 The Open University Faculty of STEM, The Open University OU: Environment, Earth & Ecosystem Sciences The Open University: School of Physical Sciences

Congratulations to Benjamin Dax, David Rothery 🇪🇺 💙, Matt Balme, Susan Conway, and Jack Wright on their new paper in Nature Geoscience! What an accomplishment for this team - current and former rockstars of The Open University: School of Physical Sciences and the Planetary Environments Group!

New research from Benjamin Dax just published. SharedIt link: rdcu.be/dnyzY

One of our top rated articles on Altmetric this past week was published in Nature Geoscience. You can read 'Widespread small grabens consistent with recent tectonism on Mercury' here: go.nature.com/45AB86Z

How attention graben!

📢The next UK Planetary Forum Early Career meeting is now open for FREE registration and abstract submission for UK early-career researchers! The meeting will take place on 15th January 2024 at Imperial College London Imperial Earth Science & Engineering. Register and submit abstracts here: docs.google.com/forms/d/18yTIV…

This is Mars as you have never seen it before. 🍿 Enjoy the trailer of the #ExoMars Rosalind Franklin rover mission – Europe’s most ambitious exploration journey to search for past and present signs of life on Mars. The story begins with the rover exploring the surface of the

When you go to Mars, you will need a map. And not just any map, but the best map a rover could possibly need. 🗺️ European scientists have pieced together the most detailed geologic map of Oxia Planum – the landing site for European Space Agency's Rosalind Franklin rover on the Red Planet. 🔗