Matthew Genge

Matt Genge is a planetary scientist at Imperial College. The asteroid 6626 mattgenge is named after him. Instagram: @micrometeoriteguy

[Matthew Genge @rockbloke]

Ever wished you could draw better? My upcoming book on geology field sketches published by @OUPAcademic describes how and what to draw in the field. Excited it is now available for pre-order. https://t.co/jWEYJwRVbV @ImperialRSM

[Matthew Genge @rockbloke]

Like many people I have stopped posting on X and no longer check my messages on the platform. X has become a platform for broadcasting the abhorrent far right ideology of its CEO.

[Matthew Genge @rockbloke]

My Nature Astronomy paper is covered as a news story in New Scientist. https://t.co/u07JVBBl37

https://t.co/B8zVLF5evf
@ImperialESE

[Matthew Genge @rockbloke]

Will be on Times Radio at 14:40 this afternoon talking about the Earth's mini-moon. Sometimes the Earth captures small asteroids for a while as temporary moons.
https://t.co/qC88DBd6bt

[Matthew Genge @rockbloke]

Asteroids were fractured by freeze-thaw of ice. Life-giving water flowed throughout the asteroids that were to deliver water to Earth. Freeze-thaw helps make Earth-like planets throughout the Cosmos. Our paper is published in Nature Astronomy today.
https://t.co/B8zVLF5evf

[Matthew Genge @rockbloke]

I don't just teach students to draw rocks, sometimes I paint them too. Here's the Permo-Triassic sequence at Porticciolo, Sardinia, one of my favourite spots. This is my first painting in about 10 years! @ESEImperial #Geology

[Matthew Genge @rockbloke]

Monday mornings arent so bad.

[Matthew Genge @rockbloke]

"You sound like that good-looking guy....what's his name?" - validation of my entire life.

[Matthew Genge @rockbloke]

What to do whilst waiting for the tide to go out. A landscape field sketch from the Algorri coast, Spain.

[Matthew Genge @rockbloke]

Tonight the cobbles of the Grand Place rippled with light beneath a darkling void.

[Matthew Genge @rockbloke]

Visited Waterloo today (the battlefield) and beyond hope there was actually an ABBA exhibition. Was so happy ;)

[Matthew Genge @rockbloke]

Watching Monica Grady get the Leonard Medal of the Metsoc. My first boss..how lucky I was!

[Matthew Genge @rockbloke]

Me, bemusing other planetary scientists, at MetSoc 2024 in Brussels

[Matthew Genge @rockbloke]

Isabelle Matthai giving her talk at #metsoc2024 @ESEImperial

[Matthew Genge @rockbloke]

Not at all an intimidating place to give a talk. Brussels, Academy of Sciences #metsoc2024

[Matthew Genge @rockbloke]

Sara Russell starting off #metsoc2024 talking about the samples from Bennu. Exciting!

[Matthew Genge @rockbloke]

Feeling virtuous on my way to Metsoc 2024 in Brussels. I like this perspective. @ESEImperial

[Matthew Genge @rockbloke]

@drcrater @westernuEarth @RCGS_SGRC @NSERC_CRSNG @csa_asc @WesternU I actually remember the story you told at LPSC about that fieldtrip ;)

[Matthew Genge @rockbloke]

For lunch today I had an 8k row. It was tasty.

[Matthew Genge @rockbloke]

An evening row on the thames....whatever you have going on rowing makes it better.

[Matthew Genge @rockbloke]

When finite element models go wrong, who picks up the pieces? An example of a very niche joke.