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The Brasky Mass Meteorite is the largest and heaviest Meteorite to Hit Ireland and the UK in Historic Time, Geology Curator Patrick Roycroft details the history of this rock that fell to Earth in Co. Limerick #Geology museum.ie/en-IE/Collecti… #IrelandsHiddenTreasures

Delighted to share my final publication to come from my PhD! From our experiments we have finally been able to put temperature and cooling rate constraints of the formation of silica-rich igneous rims in CR chondrites ☄️ Check it out below 👇 doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.…

Stitching science! 🪡 Angelique, our communications placement student at Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, used her amazing crochet skills to make mascots representing RAL’s six scientific departments. Meet them in the thread 🔽

What a fantastic evening last night, Katherine Joy gave a fascinating lecture about our past, current and future missions to the Moon. All eyes on Chang’e-6 as it attempts to land on the Moon this weekend. A great start to Birkbeck, Faculty of Science #scienceweek!

🚨NEW SERIES of Sue Perkins 💙' NATURE TABLE🚨 Starts this Sunday 4.30pm BBC Radio 4 then BBC Sounds. Recorded Natural History Museum ace guests include Dr Natasha Vasiliki Almeida Desiree Burch & Jules Howard. 🦆, 🐶 & Moon rock all feature. Here's a silly clip... BBC Studios Audio NHM Meteorites #nature

New paper about the formation & evolution of the Tarda meteorite in Meteoritics & Planetary Science. Includes:- - IR spectra from Helena Bates - Mineralogy from Catherine Harrison - Palaeomagnetism from James Bryson Nikki Sridhar Claire Nichols onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

The first results from asteroid #Bennu samples are out! Our group used X-rays to study their mineralogy, finding evidence for abundant minerals formed by water-rock reactions in the early Solar System. nasa.gov/missions/osiri…

Mars' moon Phobos - the result of a collision with Mars, or a captured asteroid? NHM Meteorites Sara Russell Ashley James King Helena Bates Emilia Branagan-Harris discuss the science for the Martian Moons @JAXA expedition hou.usra.edu/meetings/metso… eyes.nasa.gov/apps/solar-sys…

New paper out on in Meteoritics & Planetary Science one the project meteorite sample curation process by :Dr Jane MacArthur with help from @tomaharvey Dr Natasha Vasiliki Almeida Rhian Jones and Katherine Joy onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ma… - thanks to the NHM Meteorites for long term curation of the samples

Stunning images of the recent aurora events captured by our #fireball cameras at @EarthSolarSystem RHUL Earth Sciences, processed by Andy Smedley SCAMP - a component of the FRIPON network & UK Fireball Alliance cameras monitor the sky, helping us to learn about the formation of the Solar System and recover #meteorites

Extraterrestrial life? Evidence of micro-organisms in returned sample of asteroid Ryugu is explained by terrestrial contamination and colonisation - NHM Meteorites and collaborators look at the evidence onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ma…

Ashfall from an ancient volcano has been discovered at the new Mars rover landing site! 🌋 Scientists believe the ash was likely preserved because it landed in craters that were once filled with water. 💧 Find out more about this remarkable discovery 👇 nhm.ac.uk/discover/news/…

Listen in for science results from the asteroid sample returned to Earth by our OSIRIS-REx spacecraft. NASA leaders and other experts will speak at a live teleconference at 11am ET (1600 UTC) on Wednesday, Jan. 29: go.nasa.gov/40uZfDl

Join us for our next Public Lecture "From Apollo to Artemis: paving the way to the next giant leap in lunar exploration" taking place on 18 February. Explore how Apollo launched us to the Moon and how Artemis is taking us further 🌕✨. Register here: geolsoc.org.uk/02-PL-From-Apo…

Rocks and dust from asteroid Bennu contain some of the molecular building blocks of life on Earth: amino acids and nucleobases. They also carry ammonia that formed billions of years ago in cold, distant regions of our Solar System. Daniel Glavin et al.: nature.com/articles/s4155…

Fun results on the mineralogy of asteroid #Bennu led by NHM Meteorites Science at the Natural History Museum nature.com/articles/s4158…

Remember when we brought pristine asteroid samples back to Earth? The first big science is in! The samples suggest that the early solar system had widespread conditions and ingredients for life. Here's how we know: go.nasa.gov/4jxFNP5

Scientists have discovered that asteroid Bennu came from a world that had both the conditions and building blocks of life. 🌟 Samples of the asteroid collected by the #OSIRISREx spacecraft in 2020 had brines and carbon-based molecules! More: go.nasa.gov/4hDrLtD

Bennu had some of the vital components needed for life to develop! 😮 Asteroids like Bennu may have helped deliver the water and chemical building blocks that ultimately led to the evolution of life on Earth. 🌱 Find out more about this discovery 👇 nhm.ac.uk/discover/news/…

The Museum has one of the oldest meteorite collections in the world ☄️ Museum Scientist, Sara Russell is part of the NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission team who have just published two papers analysing the sample return from asteroid Bennu. #MeteoriteMonday NHM Meteorites