Dr Ben Rider-Stokes

Post-Doctoral researcher investigating the isotopic compositions and internal structures of ancient achondrites 🥼🌌

[Dr Ben Rider-Stokes @Briderstokes]

Extremely proud of this manuscript published today in @CommsEarth. This study challenges the timing of rocky planet formation in the outer regions of the Solar System.

Extremely grateful to all co-authors, @STFC_Matters and the @OU_STEM

https://t.co/XMNTV7dNYd

[Faculty of STEM, The Open University @OU_STEM]

🪨 NASA’s Bennu mission is still revealing new surprises, and OU researchers are helping uncover them by shedding more light on the asteroid’s composition and what it tells us about the early Solar System.

Read more 👇
https://t.co/xARbPFeGIz

Image NASA/Goddard/Uni of Arizona

[Dr Ben Rider-Stokes @Briderstokes]

Today during a visit to the Natural History Museum for some chemical investigations of a meteorite I had the opportunity to hold a fragment of the asteroid (101955) Bennu, returned by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission 🚀

Huge thank you to Sara Russell for hosting me today ☄️

[Dr Ben Rider-Stokes @Briderstokes]

Continuing my analytical campaign using UV-Vis-NIR spectroscopy on weird and wonderful meteorites!

In this study we investigated “Wan Zawatin 001”.

Preproof now online at Icarus. Read more here:

https://t.co/K2TwbySkhn

Thank you to all co-authors and STFC.

[Dr Ben Rider-Stokes @Briderstokes]

Continuing my outreach across Astronomical Societies in the U.K. - the iron was definitely the most popular meteorite!

Thank you to the Rugby Astro Society for having me! 🪐

[Dr Ben Rider-Stokes @Briderstokes]

Great to see a manuscript with @Dr_Baddeleyite on brachinite chronology published today in @MeteoriticsPS with some absolutely stunning electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) images @OU_EM_Suite

https://t.co/KkjXl2v3VL

@STFC_Matters @Romiche29 @JDarlingGeo @ma235camb

[CNN en Español @CNNEE]

Dos meteoritos hallados en el Sahara podrían provenir del planeta menos estudiado del sistema solar, según científicos
https://t.co/OnHEG05PWX

[cnn_co_jp @cnn_co_jp]

サハラ砂漠で見つかった二つの隕石、水星から飛来か https://t.co/OdItdHP1E9

[New Scientist @newscientist]

Rocky bodies called protoplanets were thought to have formed slightly earlier in the inner solar system than those beyond the asteroid belt, but now a meteorite from the outer solar system is rewriting that view https://t.co/kFGOLLuPRL

[Phys.org @physorg_com]

#Isotopic analysis of a rare meteorite suggests #RockyPlanets in both the inner and outer #SolarSystem may have formed simultaneously, challenging established planetary formation timelines. @NaturePortfolio https://t.co/kMJcct19Si https://t.co/xWPYDqYOSU

[Dr Ben Rider-Stokes @Briderstokes]

Excited to share the In Press manuscript with @IcarusJournal about two unique ungrouped achondrites (NWA 15915 and KG 022) that could be tempting analogs for #Mercury

https://t.co/ZTeyulrq0N

Thank you to all co-authors and STFC for funding our work at @OU_STEM

[Dr Ben Rider-Stokes @Briderstokes]

Thoroughly enjoying my outreach presentations across the U.K. 🙌🏼

[Wycombe Astro Soc @Wycombe_Astro]

Huge thanks to @Briderstokes for a fascinating talk about spectroscopy of meteorites.
Very well received in front of a full house. Also on show was a sample from our moon along with many other samples from the heavens.
We look forward to hearing more of your progress. :)

[Milton Keynes Astronomical Society @MK_Astronomy]

What an incredible talk last night by Dr. Ben Rider-Stokes!
Huge thanks to everyone who came along you were treated to a truly captivating journey through his latest research on the formation of the outer planets.

[Milton Keynes Astronomical Society @MK_Astronomy]

Dr Ben Rider-Stokes, an academic at The OU will be discussing how meteorites can be linked to asteroids to help understand what asteroids are made up of. Ben will be bringing along meteorites from the Moon, the asteroid 4 Vesta, and other samples from unknown asteroidal origins.

[Dr Ben Rider-Stokes @Briderstokes]

What a lovely way to start the day! My article received enough views to be a Top Viewed Article in Meteoritics and Planetary Science!

Read it here:
https://t.co/HmevX0FrJq #TopViewedArticle @wileyinresearch @MeteoriticsPS

[Dr Ben Rider-Stokes @Briderstokes]

I had a fantastic time speaking at the Open University Astronomical Society tonight! ☄️🪐

#astronomy #astronomyuk

[Dr Ben Rider-Stokes @Briderstokes]

Had a fantastic time presenting at @LAS_Social - now on @astro_speakers for future society talks 🙌🏼

[Faculty of STEM, The Open University @OU_STEM]

Ben Rider-Stokes, (@Briderstokes) a researcher at the OU, has made strides in uncovering fragments of long-gone planets. Olivine-rich materials may have been hiding in plain sight - reshaping our understanding of planet formation.

Read more: https://t.co/IyZhBJuHiu

[Dr Ben Rider-Stokes @Briderstokes]

For more information, please find our internal press release here: https://t.co/DAoKmkLiWI

[Dr Ben Rider-Stokes @Briderstokes]

Extremely happy to share that my most recent manuscript with @IcarusJournal - pre-proofs are now online!

A step towards solving “The Great Dunite Shortage”

https://t.co/pZPJSKynw0

Thank you to all my co-authors, especially @samleejackson and @MonicaGrady!