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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
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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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At this time of year many of us are dreaming of a white Christmas while searching for that perfect present, thinking about what to pack for visiting our familes and planning nights out on the town with friends. But each … 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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A group of us will be at the Manchester Museum of Science and Industry tomorrow (28/10) as part of Manchester Science Festival 2011, the country’s most popular science festival. Come along to see moon rock up close, hold meteorites over … Continue reading
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A couple of weeks ago I paid a visit to my old secondary school (Robert Smyth Academy in Market Harborough, Leicestershire) to talk to three classes of Key Stage 4 (GCSE) students about meteorites and what they can tell us … 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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One of the talks at the Meteoritical Society Conference this year was a bit different. Diane Johnson from the Open University used non-destructive techniques to define and analyse an ancient Egyptian iron bead (3300 BCE). The bead had been excavated … Continue reading
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As dawn is breaking on the UK tomorrow the Dawn spacecraft will have begun its year-long orbit of the asteroid Vesta. Data will start being gathered in August. Dawn is a ground-breaking mission, the first to orbit a main-belt asteroid … Continue reading
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