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This post was written by Prof Jamie Gilmour Around 4.5 billion years ago the sun formed when part of a huge cloud of gas and dust began to collapse. If you could go back in time at look at what … Continue reading
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Some of our group members are at the Royal Astronomical Society's specialist discussion meeting today. The theme is lunar science and exploration from the past 50 years and for the next 50 years 🌚 🚀 Here's a picture of Professor Grenville Turner, the founder of our group, the Isotope Geochemistry and Cosmochemistry group, speaking at the meeting. Grenville is a leading figure in cosmochemistry, having invented the argon-argon technique for dating rocks and meteorites. He was also one of only a few UK principal investigators on the Apollo 11 samples, and was responsible for setting up the first ion microprobe in the UK. Photo taken by Dr Katie Joy. . #geology #geologyrocks #space #spacerocks #meteorite #research #manchester #mcr #university #uom #geochemistry #chemistry #argonHands-on meteorite hunting at the Science Uncovered event in September @mcrmuseum! We give people clues to help them spot the meteorites from the meteor-wrongs, most of which are used by field geologists when searching for space rocks for real. Come and find us at our next event (follow for updates!) and give it a go! Photo: Jody Hartley / Manchester Museum. #geology #geologyrocks #space #spacerocks #planetaryscience #science #research #meteorite #astro #rocks #manchester #mcr #university #uomThis is our research group's workhorse: the scanning electron microscope/SEM! Scanning electron microscopes use a focussed beam of electrons, in a vacuum chamber, to analyse the surface topography and composition of samples. We use the SEM for everything from terrestrial basalts to lunar samples to meteorites! They can also be used to analyse biological material and to produce 3D models of samples. . #lab #sem #scanning #electron #microscope #research #science #geology #geologyrocks #space #spacerocks #meteorite #crystal #earthscience #PhD #uom #mcrThe Cosmic Cast is back for season 2! 🎉 The Cosmic Cast is our research group's podcast where we chat to different scientists researching the Earth, the Moon, other planets, and beyond! 🌎🌚🌌 We also do question and answer sessions, as well as vlogs from conferences and other events. We'll be releasing a new episode every Wednesday. 🔍 Search for The Cosmic Cast on YouTube or Spotify to give us a listen! . #manchester #mcr #university #uom #podcast #vlog #phdlife #research #stem #geology #geologyrocks #space #spacerocks #meteorite #thecosmiccastExciting news! We have a new piece of equipment: a Laser Ablation Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry - or LA-ICP-MS for short! 🎉 LA-ICP-MS can be used to measure the abundance of pretty much any element in the periodic table - down to the part per billion level! To do this, a laser beam is typically focused to a spot size of ~5 to 50 microns, which is about half the width of a typical human hair. The ablated material is then fed into the mass spectrometer. We plan to use the LA-ICP-MS for a wide range of projects, including dating planetary samples through the decay of uranium into lead, or measuring trace element abundances in mineral phases in Apollo and meteorite samples. Thanks to @bigscience_stfc for the grant which allowed us to purchase this equipment. . #lab #science #scientist #geology #geologyrocks #space #spacerocks #meteorite #research #manchester #mcr #university #uom #laicpms #laser #massspectrometry #massspec #stfc #stemProfessor Ian Lyon from our group has just published a paper on lead isotopes in ancient zircons, in Nature Scientific Reports! Frozen in time, Pb nanospheres are isotope fossils of ancient Earth events. Analysis of individual Pb nanospheres in zircons formed during ancient metamorphism can yield both the time of formation of the zircon and the time of metamorphism. To find out more, here is a link to the paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-49882-8.epdf?author_access_token=rqguYphFLdWFSnu8zVB6-9RgN0jAjWel9jnR3ZoTv0M8PJ_NyDpAFmXlA64hwCbCUmNZTz2TjqaHfItVI8vymsf-6YXhMguM0B_LwmnWQzPkOifsigcbg48eC6dCotpn7vop22-olekIdXNZzNLZkg%3D%3D . #science #research #paper #geology #geologyrocks #zircon #lead #geochemistry #chemistry #minerals #manchester #mcr #university #uom #natureEarth and Solar System on YouTube
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