Earth and Solar System

Scientists in the Isotope group, DEES, Uni of Manchester 🐝
We study terrestrial & extra-terrestrial samples to help understand our solar system 🌌

[Earth and Solar System @EarthSolarSystm]

We've just created a new Bluesky account, please join us over there:
https://t.co/WIvkjrn4jv

And while we find our way around, you can follow our other social media accounts:
https://t.co/3FfemnMQNK

[Earth and Solar System @EarthSolarSystm]

Thanks to everyone who visited our Get Curious activities at @sim_manchester last week. The scores from the Meteorite Hunt are in, well done to all who took part.
Congratulations to E=HC2 who topped the leaderboard with a fantastic 11 points 🥇

[Earth and Solar System @EarthSolarSystm]

Correction - Thursday 20th Feb.
I'll all confused on days today!

[Earth and Solar System @EarthSolarSystm]

It is half term and the Manchester weather looks a bit rainy . So why not Get Curious with us and get your hands on some space rocks at @sim_manchester tomorrow?
Friday 20th Feb, 10-3, free entry, suitable for all the family.
☄️🌝
https://t.co/XZYO0qLeJ1

[Earth and Solar System @EarthSolarSystm]

It is half term and the Manchester weather looks a bit rainy . So why not Get Curious with us and get your hands on some space rocks at @sim_manchester tomorrow?
Friday 20th Feb, 10-3, free entry, suitable for all the family.
☄️🌝
https://t.co/XZYO0qLeJ1

[Earth and Solar System @EarthSolarSystm]

Welcome to @Shawn9924, more formally known as Yulun Xiao, who has joined us from China 🇨🇳
Shawn will be investigating volcanism on the Moon for his PhD 🌝
And hopefully he'll have plenty of time to explore the UK over the next few years 🇬🇧

[Earth and Solar System @EarthSolarSystm]

This week we'd like to introduce PhD student @chloe_kadir, who has joined us from @UoMPhysics just around the corner.
Chloe is working on models for the flights of meteors, to make better predictions about if and where meteorites might land when fireballs are seen ☄️

[Earth and Solar System @EarthSolarSystm]

This week we'd like to introduce PhD student @chloe_kadir, who has joined us from @UoMPhysics just around the corner.
Chloe is working on models for the flights of meteors, to make better predictions about if and where meteorites might land when fireballs are seen ☄️

[Earth and Solar System @EarthSolarSystm]

We've had a number of new staff and students join us over the past few months, so we want to introduce some of them to the world.
First up, Tom Barrett, a new Post Doc in the group, who is melting space rocks and looking inside them with CT scans.

[Earth and Solar System @EarthSolarSystm]

Group member Rhian, author on one of the new papers, said "This research is like opening a time capsule from the early solar system. We were surprised to find that the asteroid sample held such a complete library of minerals and some unique salts."
https://t.co/fS0MVNmBMm

[Earth and Solar System @EarthSolarSystm]

NASA's #OSIRISREx mission delivered samples from #asteroid #Bennu to Earth in September 2023, and analyses by researchers worldwide have shown that the asteroid contains many of the chemical building blocks of life.

[Earth and Solar System @EarthSolarSystm]

This research supports the theory that these essential ingredients for life were delivered to Earth by asteroids in the early Solar System.
https://t.co/Ij7KZQGnfQ
https://t.co/v5G8ctYsC6

[LPItoday @LPItoday]

The Exploration Science Summer Intern Program provides students an opportunity to assist a new era of lunar robotic and human exploration. Applications are due January 20. Learn more and apply today: https://t.co/GnPG1syIaj

[Earth and Solar System @EarthSolarSystm]

New blog post out about a new group paper using a lunar meteorite to probe the age of the largest lunar impact basin https://t.co/cPfCJx19fl

[UK Fireball Alliance @UK_Fireball]

Stunning images of the recent aurora events captured by our #fireball cameras at @EarthSolarSystem @RHULEarthSci, processed by @ardsmedley

@SCAMP_Meteors & @UK_Fireball cameras monitor the sky, helping us to learn about the formation of the Solar System and recover #meteorites

[Earth and Solar System @EarthSolarSystm]

Read our blog post about a new group paper – traces of an ancient asteroid impact in NW Scotland https://t.co/STd8xjM2Ej and the paper is open access at https://t.co/TNgJD9p7XQ

[Earth and Solar System @EarthSolarSystm]

Josh has written a nice article for @ConversationUK about newly published results from the #Chandrayaan3 mission, which support the theory that a magma ocean of molten rocks once covered the surface of the Moon 🌝

[The Conversation @ConversationUK]

The Moon was once covered by an ocean of molten rock, data from India’s space mission suggests https://t.co/smRwVo4Seh

[Earth and Solar System @EarthSolarSystm]

Its a couple of weeks now since we were in Brussels 🇧🇪for @MetSoc2024, and @divya_ravy has written about her first @MeteoriticalSoc Meeting experience.
https://t.co/eEVAjpyEKH

[Earth and Solar System @EarthSolarSystm]

Can you spot any of our team in the @MetSoc2024 group photo? 🕵️🔍

[MetSoc2024 @MetSoc2024]

📸 #MetSoc2024 group photo ❤️

A big thank you to all participants, presenters, organizers, volunteers, sponsors, external providers, and conference hosts! 🙏👍

#Brussels #Belgium #WonderfulWeek