Birkbeck Society of Geological and Planetary Sciences / BBK Geo Soc

Iceland's newest volcano provides insight into Mars Planetary volcanologist Christopher Hamilton is using Iceland's terrain to test a drone that could one day fly on Mars.

The world is opening up, and so is a new channel on our program's discord!
Join us in planning future field trips and outings with the rest of your classmates 😊
Also be sure to check in tonight at 18.00 for a virtual pizza party and celebrate the end of exams! 🎉🍕

Join the BBK Earth Sciences Discord Server! Check out the BBK Earth Sciences community on Discord - hang out with 40 other members and enjoy free voice and text chat.

Live feed Iceland eruption 🌋

Live from Geldingadalir volcano, Iceland

Did anyone see it?☄️

Meteorites may be just north of Cheltenham The hunt is on for the fireball fragments that probably fell to Earth over England on Sunday night.

Geologist Finds Rare Formation Inside Rock That Looks Exactly Like Cookie Monster on Sesame Street Geologists have found a rare formation inside a rock that looks just like the Cookie Monster character from Sesame Street.

Welcome everyone to a new and exciting term!🪐🌎
We are happy to see more students joining the discord🦕
Now more than ever, it is important we stay in touch as a department and find support with one another during our studies


We'll start off the term with......
⚡️Podcast Spotlight⚡️

Space Nuts!
With Professor Fred Watson and Journalist Andrew Dunkley.
A personal favorite and a great way to stay up to date with Space News!

Space Nuts Listen to Space Nuts on Spotify. All things Space – news, travel, discoveries, the mysteries and more…with world renown and respected Astronomer Dr. Fred Watson with Broadcaster/Journalist Andrew Dunkley. Website: www.bitesz.com

✨Head over on December 21st to the Earth and Planetary Science discord for a fun holiday party and to celebrate the end of term! ✨
We will meet at 6pm UK time ⚡️

Everyone is welcome! 🌙🥳

Join the BBK Earth Sciences Discord Server! Check out the BBK Earth Sciences community on Discord - hang out with 33 other members and enjoy free voice and text chat.

Look up✨

On December 21st Jupiter and Saturn will look extremely close together in the sky!
Make sure to take out your binoculars or telescopes as this only happens once about 20 years ✨

Look up! 👁️👄👁️ ✨On December 21st Jupiter and Saturn will look extremely close together in the sky! This is called a great conjunction and only happens once about every 20 years! ✨ Image credit: Pete Lawrence #telescope #astronomy #saturn #jupiter

"Join Associate Professor Suzie Imber on a journey to the inner rocky planets and the solar wind!
She is Co-Investigator on the X-ray spectrometer on board the joint ESA/JAXA BepiColombo spacecraft currently en route to Mercury, and which could have a role confirming the presence of phosphine, a bio marker gas detected on Venus." 🪐✨

Register below for the Lecture starting tonight at 20:00!

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Missions to the Inner Solar System Join Associate Professor Suzie Imber on a journey to the inner rocky planets and the solar wind. Plus an update on the presence of phosphine, a bio-marker gas detected on Venus!

⚡️ Podcast spotlight ⚡️

A favourite with geology students, we present you...
The Nick Zentner Geology Podcast! 🌍

Make sure to give it a listen at:

http://www.nickzentner.com/the-nick-zentner-geology-podcast

And don't forget to check out his Roadside Geology YouTube videos!
http://www.nickzentner.com/central-rocks

The Nick Zentner Geology Podcast — Nick Zentner Geologic Stories from the Pacific Northwest