
Earth and Solar System
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Earth and Solar System
@EarthSolarSystm
Scientists in the Isotope group, DEES, Uni of Manchester 🐝 We study terrestrial & extra-terrestrial samples to help understand our solar system 🌌
University of Manchester Katılım Haziran 2011
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We've just created a new Bluesky account, please join us over there:
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And while we find our way around, you can follow our other social media accounts:
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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 🥇

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Correction - Thursday 20th Feb.
I'll all confused on days today!
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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. ☄️🌝 scienceandindustrymuseum.org.uk/whats-on/get-c…
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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.
☄️🌝
scienceandindustrymuseum.org.uk/whats-on/get-c…
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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 🇬🇧

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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 ☄️

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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 ☄️

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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."
manchester.ac.uk/about/news/man…
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This research supports the theory that these essential ingredients for life were delivered to Earth by asteroids in the early Solar System.
nature.com/articles/s4155…
nature.com/articles/s4158…
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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.
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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: lpi.usra.edu/exploration_in…

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New blog post out about a new group paper using a lunar meteorite to probe the age of the largest lunar impact basin earthandsolarsystem.wordpress.com/2024/11/22/new…
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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


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Read our blog post about a new group paper – traces of an ancient asteroid impact in NW Scotland earthandsolarsystem.wordpress.com/2024/10/30/new… and the paper is open access at lyellcollection.org/doi/full/10.11…
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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 bit.ly/3WT4xa8
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Its a couple of weeks now since we were in Brussels 🇧🇪for @MetSoc2024, and @divya_ravy has written about her first @MeteoriticalSoc Meeting experience.
earthandsolarsystem.wordpress.com/2024/08/12/fir…
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