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The FLUX Team (ERC Project) @amgc-flux-team.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

This week’s #MicrometeoriteMonday: A polished scoriaceous micrometeorite from the Sør Rondane Mountains, Antarctica! Unlike fully melted cosmic spherules, scoriaceous micrometeorites are only partially melted and tend to contain abundant vesicles formed by devolatilization. ☄️ @amgc-vub.bsky.social

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The FLUX Team (ERC Project) @amgc-flux-team.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

This week’s #MicrometeoriteMonday: A polished V-type cosmic spherule from the late Devonian! Though V-types rarely last long on Earth due to weathering, this one seems to have “survived” by being replaced by palagonite: preserving its texture, but not its original mineralogy! ☄️ @amgc-vub.bsky.social

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The FLUX Team (ERC Project) @amgc-flux-team.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

This week’s #MicrometeoriteMonday: A polished I-type cosmic spherule from the late Devonian! Though corrosion has left a large cavity where an FeNi bead once was, and etched the spherule, remnants of its primary dendritic texture remain visible after nearly 400 million years! ☄️ @amgc-vub.bsky.social

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The FLUX Team (ERC Project) @amgc-flux-team.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

This week’s M. Monday: a rare transitional "I/G-type" cosmic spherule! Indeed, not all cosmic spherules fit neatly into the traditional S-, G-, and I-type categories. After analyzing thousands of samples, you’re bound to encounter a few oddballs that blur the boundaries! 😎☄️ @amgc-vub.bsky.social

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The FLUX Team (ERC Project) @amgc-flux-team.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

We are back with M. Monday! ☄️ This week’s sample is a rare *fossil* S-type (BO-subtype) cosmic spherule from the Chanxhe collection. While most S-types do not survive the fossilization process, this specimen still preserves part of its original silicate content, a rare find! @amgc-vub.bsky.social

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The FLUX Team (ERC Project) @amgc-flux-team.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

This week’s Micrometeorite Monday: A polished section of a V-type cosmic spherule from the Atacama Desert! This cool spherule consists almost entirely of silicate glass, plus several tiny FeNi-metal beads. ☄️ @amgc-vub.bsky.social

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The FLUX Team (ERC Project) @amgc-flux-team.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

This week’s Micrometeorite Monday: A polished section of a Porphyritic olivine (Po-type) cosmic spherule from the Sør Rondane Mountains (Antarctica), showing typical well-defined olivine crystals in a glassy matrix with scattered magnetite grains. ☄️ @amgc-vub.bsky.social

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The FLUX Team (ERC Project) @amgc-flux-team.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Similarly, project lead Steven Goderis and the postdoctoral researchers did an excellent job presenting their research at Goldschmidt 2026, covering topics from #micrometeorite characterization and preservation, as well as #microtektites! ☄️ @goldschmidt-confer.bsky.social @amgc-vub.bsky.social

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The FLUX Team (ERC Project) @amgc-flux-team.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Back from Goldschmidt 2026 in #Montréal! We had a great time presenting our ongoing research on modern and fossil #micrometeorites! Our PhD members did an excellent job presenting their work as both posters and talks! ☄️ @goldschmidt-confer.bsky.social @amgc-vub.bsky.social @fienjo.bsky.social

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The FLUX Team (ERC Project) @amgc-flux-team.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

This week’s Micrometeorite Monday: A polished section of a peculiar fossil I-type cosmic spherule from the Chanxhe collection (~380 Ma). Its unusual shape preserves an elongated cavity left by the ejection of a FeNi-metal bead during atmospheric entry! ☄️ @amgc-vub.bsky.social

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The FLUX Team (ERC Project) @amgc-flux-team.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

This week’s Micrometeorite Monday: An iron (I-type) cosmic spherule from the Atacama Desert! This sample shows a characteristic magnetite-wüstite dendritic texture and a cavity where a FeNi-metal bead was once present, likely lost during atmospheric entry or weathering ☄️ @amgc-vub.bsky.social

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The FLUX Team (ERC Project) @amgc-flux-team.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

This week’s Micrometeorite Monday: Nearly 100 of the ~1,000 Antarctic cosmic spherules on this microscope slide, captured with one of our optical stereoscopes! These tiny extraterrestrial particles measure just 63–125 µm across ☄️ @amgc-vub.bsky.social

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The FLUX Team (ERC Project) @amgc-flux-team.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

This week’s Micrometeorite Monday: a photogenic S-type cosmic spherule from the Atacama Desert. It's of the Porphyritic Olivine (Po) subtype, though quite rich in magnetite. Full view (left) and close-up (right), highlighting its pretty magnetite dendrites! ☄️ @amgc-vub.bsky.social

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The FLUX Team (ERC Project) @amgc-flux-team.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

This week’s Micrometeorite Monday: a nice S-type cosmic spherule from the Atacama Desert, of the cryptocrystalline (CC) subtype. This CC is more specifically of the “turtleback” variety, based on the characteristic “spiky” shape of its olivine crystals ☄️ @amgc-vub.bsky.social

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The FLUX Team (ERC Project) @amgc-flux-team.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

This week’s Micrometeorite Monday: a nice S-type cosmic spherule from the Atacama Desert, more specifically of the Porphyritic olivine (PO)-type. It shows characteristic equant olivine crystals set in glass, along with some pretty magnetite crystals! ☄️ @amgc-vub.bsky.social

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The FLUX Team (ERC Project) @amgc-flux-team.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Hello everyone! To further showcase our work, we are launching "Micrometeorite Monday", a weekly post featuring a photo of one of the *thousands* of MMs discovered by the FLUX team, along with a short description for that week’s sample. We hope you enjoy this new series! ☄️ @amgc-vub.bsky.social

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The FLUX Team (ERC Project) @amgc-flux-team.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

The team recently headed to Germany to collect ancient sediments in the hope of uncovering (more) fossil micrometeorites! ☄️ It was a fantastic trip: plenty of exploring, sampling, sharing ideas, plus enjoying a few laughs along the way! 😄 @amgc-vub.bsky.social #Micrometeorites #Fieldwork #Research

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The FLUX Team (ERC Project) @amgc-flux-team.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

Ever wondered what our #micrometeorites look like up close, in color? This composite shows optical close-ups of FLUX samples captured by Dr. Thilo Hasse from @mfnberlin.bsky.social! Thanks, Thilo & the MfN, for these amazing results! More of their work: www.micrometeorites.org @amgc-vub.bsky.social

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The FLUX Team (ERC Project) @amgc-flux-team.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

January continues to be a highly productive month for the team, whether we’re carrying out analyses in the lab or diving into data from our desks! Below are some snapshots of Clara, Deepak, and Jolantha hard at work, along with a view of the “Raman room” captured by Trygve ☄️ @amgc-vub.bsky.social

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Ralf Vandam @ralfvandam.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

Starting 2026 with a new publication! 🎉 Dries Vergouwen modelled the seascape around Nea Paphos—an MA thesis turned peer-reviewed article. Very proud promotor! #archaeologycyprus #DigitalArchaeology @amgc-vub.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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New insights on the seascape and a possible lighthouse in Nea Paphos, Cyprus, during the Roman period

This study investigates the hypothesis that Nea Paphos, the Roman capital of Cyprus, had a highly accessible harbour because it was readily visible fr…

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Archaeology, Environmental Changes & Geo-Chemistry @amgc-vub.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

📣 Funded PhD fellowship available 📣 We are looking for a PhD student interested in functional morphology and mammalian biodiversity during the Plio-Pleistocene in sub-Saharan Africa. The candidate will be part of the ERC PLIODIS project working with Prof Dr Gabriele Macho. More info 👇

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The FLUX Team (ERC Project) @amgc-flux-team.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

Great job to our team member, Phoenix, who presented at this year’s Dag van de Wetenschap! The focus was mainly on meteoritics, in particular the Ordovician meteor event. ☄️☄️ @amgc-vub.bsky.social

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The FLUX Team (ERC Project) @amgc-flux-team.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

Wishing everyone a Happy New Year! ☄️😀 To start the year, here are a few snapshots from December fieldwork conducted by our team member Deepak in the Lesser Himalayas and the Kutch Basin, together with a couple of other @amgc-vub.bsky.social members! 😊

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Archaeology, Environmental Changes & Geo-Chemistry @amgc-vub.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

The labs are busying this afternoon with our third year Bachelor students starting their four week projects! Students are testing carbon isotopes in beers, developing DGTs to measure uranium, measuring strontium isotopes in snail shells to see how they differ from plants, and more! 🐌🌳🍺⚛️🥼

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BISI @bisi1932.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

Delighted to announce the publication of 'New evidence for Pleistocene hominin presence in the north-east Arabian Desert, Iraq' by Dr's Ella Egberts, Jaafar Jotheri, and Andreas Nymark Funded by the BISI Pilot Project Grant @amgc-vub.bsky.social www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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New evidence for Pleistocene hominin presence in the north-east Arabian Desert, Iraq | Antiquity | Cambridge Core

New evidence for Pleistocene hominin presence in the north-east Arabian Desert, Iraq

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Brussels Bioarchaeology Lab @brusselsbioarch.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

Celebrating the start of the academic year with our @amgc-flux-team.bsky.social friends 🥼😎🎓🔥☀️ @amgc-vub.bsky.social

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The FLUX Team (ERC Project) @amgc-flux-team.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

Lastly, the FLUX PhD and Post-docs wrapped up their week at the #EPSC with a few group photos! 📸 ☄️😀 @amgc-vub.bsky.social @fienjo.bsky.social @trygveprestgard.bsky.social

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The FLUX Team (ERC Project) @amgc-flux-team.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

And also congratulations to our #post-doctorate members (Lisa, Samuele, and @trygveprestgard.bsky.social) for presenting their ongoing work on fossil micrometeorites! ☄️ @amgc-vub.bsky.social

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The FLUX Team (ERC Project) @amgc-flux-team.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

A big congratulations to our PhD students who presented their posters at #EPSC last week! They (Clara, Deepak, @fienjo.bsky.social and Julius) shared their latest work on characterizing new micrometeorite collections from Greenland, the Atacama, and Antarctica! ☄️ @amgc-vub.bsky.social

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The FLUX Team (ERC Project) @amgc-flux-team.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

The team is back from a very nice time in #Helsinki at this year's #EPSC! Below is a picture of us all, plus Vinciane Debaille of the Université Libre de Bruxelles, as well as Cem Berk Senel and Ozgur Karatekin of @orb-ksb.bsky.social! @amgc-vub.bsky.social

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The FLUX Team (ERC Project) @amgc-flux-team.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

During these past weeks, the team has been busy analyzing many newly-found modern and fossil #micrometeorites! Featured in today's post is Clara and Samuele picking out new samples, as well as Maxwell and Trygve measuring their samples with the #Raman spectrometer! ☄️ @amgc-vub.bsky.social

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Brussels Bioarchaeology Lab @brusselsbioarch.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

We are on our way to @isba11.bsky.social 🚅 Ready for a week of archaeology and science 🏺🦴🦷🧪⚛️🥼🍝🍕

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Hannah James @toothdetective.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

Our bioavailable strontium baseline for Corsica is out! ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr ranges from 0.7075 to 0.7169 and was established from 245 plant & soil leachate samples from 125 sites. Check out the article here lnkd.in/e6pDJFCY and the dataset can be downloaded from the IsoArcH database here lnkd.in/eFNS5Xbw

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The FLUX Team (ERC Project) @amgc-flux-team.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

It's time for more Raman spectra of micrometeorites! Looking forward to analyzing the large amount of data that we will be collecting over the next several days ☄️ #Spectroscopy @amgc-vub.bsky.social

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The FLUX Team (ERC Project) @amgc-flux-team.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

Just after #Goldschmidt2025, our project's Principal Investigator, Steven Goderis, represented the FLUX team at #MetSoc2025 in Perth! ☄️ @amgc-vub.bsky.social

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The FLUX Team (ERC Project) @amgc-flux-team.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

Had an incredible time at #Goldschmidt2025! We are delighted, and grateful, to have been able to present our ongoing research on micrometeorites. Here’s a group photo with all the participants! 😊☄️ @amgc-vub.bsky.social

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The FLUX Team (ERC Project) @amgc-flux-team.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

In addition to the poster presentations, Fien, Lisa, Samuele and @trygveprestgard.bsky.social presented their talks on modern and fossil micrometeorites, as well as tektites! We are all grateful to have had the opportunity to present at #goldschmidt2025! ☄️ @amgc-vub.bsky.social

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The FLUX Team (ERC Project) @amgc-flux-team.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

The team was happy to be presenting at #goldschmidt2025 in #Prague! On Tuesday last week, Clara, Deepak, Jannes and Julius presented posters on their analysis of various new micrometeorite collections, plus some interesting new cosmochemical data! ☄️ @amgc-vub.bsky.social

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Archaeology, Environmental Changes & Geo-Chemistry @amgc-vub.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

🌱 Fighting drought with treated wastewater? VUB researchers are onto something! Using subirrigation tech, they’re recycling purified wastewater to recharge groundwater & help crops. 2022 trials showed groundwater levels rose by 30cm locally! 🌾More details here 👇 www.vub.be/nl/nieuws/ka...

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Kan afvalwater helpen tegen droogte?

Droge zomers vragen om slimme oplossingen – hoe twee jonge onderzoekers meewerken aan duurzaam waterbeheer in Vlaanderen

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The FLUX Team (ERC Project) @amgc-flux-team.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

We are grateful to Lisa for having represented the FLUX team at this year’s #AsteroidDay in Luxembourg! 🌍☄️ @amgc-vub.bsky.social

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Brussels Bioarchaeology Lab @brusselsbioarch.bsky.social · 25/05/2025

Congratulations #TEFRA team for this accomplishment and thank you, Sevi Triantaphyllou for inviting us to form part of this! Ευχαριστώ ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥

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Brussels Bioarchaeology Lab @brusselsbioarch.bsky.social · 25/05/2025

This weekend our team traveled to Thessaloniki to celebrate the end of the #TEFRA project with two days of exciting conferences! 🔥🔥

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Anneminne Frère @anneminnefrere.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

📢 New paper alert! 📢 I’m really happy to share our latest publication in AJBA! We explore how sampling cremated petrous parts & teeth helps reconstruct life histories and cremation practices 🔥. You can find our paper through this link: doi.org/10.1002/ajpa... (1/6)

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Reconstructing Life Histories: New Insights Into Cremation Practices, Mobility, and Food Consumption Patterns Through Isotope and Infrared Analyses of Petrous Parts and Teeth

This graph shows the strontium results of the individuals from Herstal, Belgium.

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The FLUX Team (ERC Project) @amgc-flux-team.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

We are happy to end this week with a "family photo" of most FLUX (and related) team members! Despite the Sun being absent, our smiles remained present! A big thanks to Jean-Guillaume Feignon for the photo 😄☄️

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The FLUX Team (ERC Project) @amgc-flux-team.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

These past two weeks have included quite a bit of work with the SEM! Today various members, including Julius and Lisa (below), have been imaging polished sections of their cosmic spherule finds! ☄️😀

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Elisavet Stamataki @elliestam.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

Paper Alert 🔥 Want to learn more about Roman cremations? Can’t sleep because you keep thinking about how the Romans burned their dead? Then don't miss our latest paper & download it for free here: kwnsfk27.r.eu-west-1.awstrack.me/L0/https:%2F...

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The FLUX Team (ERC Project) @amgc-flux-team.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

It's nearing the end of another productive week! Today's post features @fienjo.bsky.social and Samuele hunting for cosmic spherules, as well as @trygveprestgard.bsky.social measuring micrometeorites using the Raman spectrometer! Included is also an image showing *some* finds made by Sam this week!

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