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Great new paper (doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl…) about a huge fluvial fan on Mars. Lead author Peter Fawdon from our group at The Open University: School of Physical Sciences. Key conclusions: 1) Hypanis is a huge delta - probably the biggest on Mars. 2) This strongly supports the case for an ancient sea or ocean on Mars!

Nice write up @fegbutcher... PhD researcher looking for water on Mars – and inspiring girls to reach for the stars theguardian.com/ou-courses-sup…

Fun at the National Space Centre at Leicester.

Gotta love an audience of red-blue glasses-wearing geomorphologists. Gave a seminar about Mars and it's always an excuse to use 3D HiRISE: Beautiful Mars images...NCL Physical Geog

My early teenage warhammer obsession rediscovered in old boxes and suitcases. Literally hundreds of miniatures... Now what to do with it all?

Our Mars Utah Rover Field Investigation (#MURFI) paper led by Matt Balme of The Open University: School of Physical Sciences has (finally!) been published: doi.org/10.1016/j.pss.…. Funded by UK Space Agency and partnering with Canadian Space Agency #CanMars it describes the Rosalind Franklin-like mission we ran and our lessons learned.

Megapaper indeed! There is some serious team blood and sweat in that paper! Not to mention many, many words!

An (incomplete) map of published sedimentological observations and depositional environments, made by the ARCHIVED - Curiosity Rover rover along it's traverse. NASA JPL #Mars #geology #sedimentology #aeolian #fluvial #Exploration #teaching #willupdate

Proud to be a small part of this: The university that sparked an education revolution bbc.com/ideas/videos/t… via BBC Ideas💡

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Job opportunity: 3-year, full-time postdoc position: Aeolian Landforms and Processes at the ESA ExoMars Rover Landing Site. Come and be a part of our team! Planetary Environments The Open University: School of Physical Sciences. Details: tinyurl.com/y4ofkb4b

#ou_ceremonies The OU in Northern Ireland Great to see so many folk graduating today. Here's The Open University: School of Physical Sciences and OU: Environment, Earth & Ecosystem Sciences representing (David Rothery 🇪🇺 💙 still eating lunch).

And this time with the picture...OU: Environment, Earth & Ecosystem Sciences The Open University: School of Physical Sciences #ou_ceremonies David Rothery 🇪🇺 💙

#oufamily Academic procession lined up and ready for the starting gun...The Open University: School of Physical Sciences

Got a new paper in Nature Communications: large river deposits on Mars exposed in section in a 200m tall cliff face. Long-lived system >3.7Ga old. Co-author Matt Balme from Planetary Environments +lead authors William McMahon and Francesco Salese. Paper here: doi.org/10.1038/s41467…. The Open University: School of Physical Sciences Faculty of STEM, The Open University

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

I had no money growing up. My dad was a labourer and my mum did everything to make ends meet. Men worked hard. Women worked miracles. But education was free. As was the local library. I knew books were my passport to a better life. #SupportLibraries

Not what you expect to see when turning around having just finished the washing up... thanks kids...

Really proud to announce we've been been shortlisted for the 2018 Global Teaching Excellence Awards! socsi.in/WgT4O #GTEA2018