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We’re going to be on TV!!! Following the recent announcement about mining asteroids, the BBC’s Newsround visited our labs this morning. They asked us what is it that’s in asteroids that makes them so valuable and whether this project is … Continue reading
Yesterday evening a couple of hundred women and a handful of men gathered for the 4th Annual Women in Planetary Science Symposium at the 43rd Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. These symposia were started by Susan Nieber, who set up … Continue reading
Well we made it!!! After hours of delayed flights, missed connections, fully booked alternatives, planes turned back due to faulty toilets, no sleep and extremely bad treatment at the hands of US Airways we got to Houston! 5 of us … Continue reading
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Happy 1st birthday Earth and Solar System! It is exactly one year since we first posted on this blog! In that time we’ve published over 40 articles and had almost 10,000 visitors! Thank you to all our followers on Facebook … Continue reading
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Scientists have confirmed that a meteorite seen to fall in Morocco, July 2011 came from Mars! The meteorite has been called Tissint after the village near where it was found. Most meteorites are “finds” rather than “falls” (seen falling) and very … Continue reading
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I have recently returned from a short work placement with SRK Consulting (UK) Ltd, a mining consultancy company. I joined a team who went to Namibia to carry out geological mapping and geochemical sampling as part of a resource exploration … Continue reading
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On Saturday we were at Manchester’s Museum of Science and Industry (MOSI) again, offering visitors a chance to Meet The Cosmochemists. MOSI’s Meet The Scientist takes place once a month (usually on the first Saturday). Each month a different group … Continue reading
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Yesterday we spent the day at Amazing Astronomy and Spacetacular, both part of Manchester Science Festival, at Manchester’s Museum of Science and Industry (MOSI). We were joined by other scientists, including some from BBC 2′s Stargazing Live and Jodrell Bank … Continue reading
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If you’ve ever wanted to get up close and personal with meteorites or rocks from the moon, now is your chance to do so. We are going to be involved with a few public events at the Museum of Science … Continue reading
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It wasn’t all hard work… The 74th Meteoritical Society Conference was held in the spectacular Old Naval College in Greenwich. The buildings were designed by Sir Christopher Wren as the Royal Hospital for Seaman and were built on the former site of … Continue reading
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