Author Archives: Ben Farrant

About Ben Farrant

I am a PhD student at the University of Manchester conducting research into the processes of shock and impact melting in the early Solar System by examining chondritic meteorites. Specifically I will be investigating what effect these processes have had on the abundances and distributions of volatile elements, namely halogens and the noble gases.

Mission Cup 2021 Semi Finalist: Hayabusa2- To Ryugu and Back

Posted on February 17, 2021 by Ben Farrant

Hayabusa2 is a Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) led mission to study and sample asteroid 162173 Ryugu. As a primitive carbonaceous asteroid, investigations of Ryugu could address some important questions surrounding the very origins of our Solar System and how … Continue reading →

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“Manchester, this is Houston. Do you copy?” Part Two

Posted on September 17, 2018 by Ben Farrant

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As mentioned in a previous blog post (“Manchester this is Houston. Do you copy?”) Sam and I spent 10 weeks of our summer at the Lunar and Planetary Institute (LPI) in Houston Texas partaking in a graduate internship program. However, … Continue reading →

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1st Year PhD Survival Training

Posted on September 6, 2017 by Ben Farrant

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Each October the Isotope, Comochemistry and Geochemistry Group gains numerous new PhD students who conduct important research in fields ranging from studying particles which existed before our Solar System to understanding the process of tectonic subduction through noble gas analyses. … Continue reading →

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