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Weekly News Round-up 18.04.13

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Hello readers! It’s been a busy week in the world of planetary science and there’s a great deal to tell you about! Without further ado, here are a collection of the amazing stories released this week:     Cosmic Coincidence … Continue reading

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Geochemistry Group Research in Progress Meeting 2013

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On Thursday March 14th a few of the Isotope and Cosmochemistry research group traveled down in the very early hours of the day to The Open University in Milton Keynes to attend the Geochemistry Group Research in Progress Meeting.   Nat Curran, … Continue reading

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LPSC 2013 – Be a Part of the Conference!

The Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (LPSC) is rapidly approaching! We’ve got a large contingent going to the conference this year which means several exciting things for you, our readers! Starting on Monday the 18th March, we will be posting … Continue reading

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I’ve just seen something in the sky! What do I call it?!

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A Quick and Easy Guide to Naming Your Near Earth Object Sighting! Many of the recent Russian meteorite related comments being banded round by the media and things like twitter that are just plain wrong, I though I’d post a … Continue reading

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A Night at Tatton Park with Stargazing Live!

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Hello Readers! Last week heralded the latest three programs of the BBC Stargazing Live TV show. New to this series were a variety of events run in tandem with the shows across the UK. We had the privilege of taking … Continue reading

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Getting ready to head out to the field to hunt for meteorites

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This is a continuation of my earlier University of Manchester Earth and Solar System blog about being part of the ANSMET meteorite hunting team in Antarctica. The ANSMET programme, funded by the Polar Office of the US National Science Foundation … Continue reading

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BBC Stargazing Live @ Tatton Park

Just a quick note to let you know that we will be taking part in the BBC Stargazing Live event at Tatton Park on Thursday 10th January 2013. Admission to the event is free, but by ticket only. For further … Continue reading

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Meeting a Moon Walker

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Being a lunar geologist pretty much nothing gets better than meeting someone who has walked on the Moon! Several members of the SEAES Isotope Group and I went to see a presentation by Charlie Duke, who was the Lunar Module … Continue reading

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Meteorite Day

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Meteorite Day, a part of the Manchester Science Festival, was an all together resounding success! Before I get into the details of everything we did that day, I’d just like to say a massive thank you to everyone who made … Continue reading

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Girls Night Out

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Saturday was a busy day! After the Science Spectacular at Manchester University, we  re-packed all our kit and headed out to Jodrell Bank to take part in their Girls’ Night Out (Under The Stars). Billed as a girls’ night out … Continue reading

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