(Image: Wikipedia/Prescott) Back at the end of July two cricket fans were enjoying a pint watching Sussex play Middlesex at Uxbridge when they spotted a rock hurtling towards them. It hit the ground close by, fragmented and a portion bounced up and hit one of these startled witnesses in the chest. The story rapidly gained…
True colour image of Jupiter taken by NASA’s Cassini spacecraft. The Great Red Spot forms a distinct feature in the planet’s southern hemisphere. (Image: NASA) As each passing day brings news of the discovery of yet another unknown and exotic exoplanet, it is with some regret that I have to report the strange disappearance…
Later this week we will be celebrating four decades of Earth and Planetary Science teaching and research at The Open University. To mark the occasion a full programme of research talks will be taking place on Thursday and Friday (7th and 8th October 2010). Many of the contributions are from past staff and students. (Details…
Hunting for Fragments of the Gebel Kamil meteorite SW Egypt. The 45m diameter Kamil crater was originally located by Vincenzo de Michele using Google Earth satellite imagery. Approximately 1600 kg of iron meteorite fragments were located during joint Italian-Egyptian expeditions in 2009 and 2010 led by Dr Luigi Folco. Dr Folco, who did his…
Meteorites: The Blog from the Final Frontier 