Interested in studying planets, asteroids & meteorites with us? Deadline for PhD applications is the 4th February. nhm.ac.uk/our-science/st…

Europlanet webinar! Ashley James King (NHM Meteorites) will talk about the first results from the Bennu samples and why sample return missions are crucial for understanding the evolution of planets. It will be on 20th February 2024 at 13:00 CET, don't miss this!

Fun new paper out combining the electron microscopes SuperSTEM Daresbury & X-rays Diamond Light Source to investigate organic molecules within the #Winchcombe meteorite at high resolution #SpaceRocks

The Winchcombe meteorite that fell to Earth in 2021 contained compounds that could be precursors to chemical building blocks of life physicsworld.com/a/advanced-ele…

#Postdoc #JobAlert I'm looking for a #PDRA to work on my Science and Technology Facilities Council funded project looking at how #SpaceWeather affects and produces water on the surfaces of #asteroids and the #Moon. The post is 1.5 years long. Please share and reach out if interested. earthworks-jobs.com/planet/glasgow…

Martian Lakes - the early part of Mars' past involved rivers and lakes, leaving evidence on the surface that that we can now study - Peter Grindrod & al publish the latest research doi.org/10.1029/2022JE… pic.x.com/158wyjmcro

Three years on from the extraordinary day a meteorite landed in the UK, we look back at what scientists learnt from this amazing piece of space history. ☄️ Find out more from planetary scientist Professor James Bryson. 🎥 ow.ly/o7K650QH8QM

It's 3-years since the UK received a visitor from the asteroid belt! #SpaceRocks #WinchcombeMeteorite thewinchcombemeteorite.co.uk

Cosmic cleaners: the scientists scouring English cathedral roofs for space dust theguardian.com/science/2024/m…

The Sky at Night is back! Join us on Monday as we meet the scientists across the UK who have been studying samples of the asteroid Bennu to reveal secrets of our solar system. Airing on BBC4, Monday 8th April at 9:30pm.

Winchcombe meteorite's history revealed by fresh analysis bbc.in/3xKqW06

Our paper on the Winchcombe meteorite is featured on BBC News Online. Well done to lead author Luke Daly who is an RSM graduate. bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan… Imperial Earth Science & Engineering

The Brasky Mass Meteorite is the largest and heaviest Meteorite to Hit Ireland and the UK in Historic Time, Geology Curator Patrick Roycroft details the history of this rock that fell to Earth in Co. Limerick #Geology museum.ie/en-IE/Collecti… #IrelandsHiddenTreasures

Delighted to share my final publication to come from my PhD! From our experiments we have finally been able to put temperature and cooling rate constraints of the formation of silica-rich igneous rims in CR chondrites ☄️ Check it out below 👇 doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.…

Stitching science! 🪡 Angelique, our communications placement student at Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, used her amazing crochet skills to make mascots representing RAL’s six scientific departments. Meet them in the thread 🔽

What a fantastic evening last night, Katherine Joy gave a fascinating lecture about our past, current and future missions to the Moon. All eyes on Chang’e-6 as it attempts to land on the Moon this weekend. A great start to Birkbeck, Faculty of Science #scienceweek!

🚨NEW SERIES of Sue Perkins 💙' NATURE TABLE🚨 Starts this Sunday 4.30pm BBC Radio 4 then BBC Sounds. Recorded Natural History Museum ace guests include Dr Natasha Vasiliki Almeida Desiree Burch & Jules Howard. 🦆, 🐶 & Moon rock all feature. Here's a silly clip... BBC Studios Audio NHM Meteorites #nature

New paper about the formation & evolution of the Tarda meteorite in Meteoritics & Planetary Science. Includes:- - IR spectra from Helena Bates - Mineralogy from Catherine Harrison - Palaeomagnetism from James Bryson Nikki Sridhar Claire Nichols onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

The first results from asteroid #Bennu samples are out! Our group used X-rays to study their mineralogy, finding evidence for abundant minerals formed by water-rock reactions in the early Solar System. nasa.gov/missions/osiri…

We have a #newpaper out in Meteoritics & Planetary Science studying early aqueous alteration activity in CM #chondrites. From fluid "tide lines" fossilized in meteorites we are reconstructing water flow in #asteroids. Led by Anna Musolino. Read here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ma…