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Peter Grindrod @petergrindrod.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Could I interest you in a crater on Europa instead?! planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/6934

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Peter Grindrod @petergrindrod.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Although I'm now struggling to find it on the Planetary Nomenclature page, and wonder if it's been reclassified, or if the name was ever official? Sorry!

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Peter Grindrod @petergrindrod.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I studied that feature during my PhD! It's a lovely corona, and often used as a textbook example.

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Katie Joy @katie-h-joy.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Hello Moon. Jess and me talking about the importance of studying lunar rocks www.youtube.com/watch?v=Og3k... BBC Earth Science 🌙🪨🔬

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Why Scientists Are Re-examining the Last Samples From the Moon | BBC Earth Science

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Peter Grindrod @petergrindrod.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

An excellent poster, and an excellent mission. Can't wait!

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Peter Grindrod @petergrindrod.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Congratulations! That is fantastic news! 🎉👏 🌠

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Natural History Museum, London @nhm-london.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

It’s #InternationalCatDay, and the ratings are in! 🐱 Come and celebrate with some of the undomesticated cats that have clawed their way into our hearts… 🐾

“Rating our favourite wild cats for International Cat Day* *in a totally biased and unscientific way” over a front view of a Pallas’s cat, an incredibly fluffy grey cat with green eyes, flat low-set ears and a stocky build.

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Peter Grindrod @petergrindrod.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

I wish I hadn't made this - it's grim. STFC Ernest Rutherford Fellowship success rates over time. I found conflicting data on the STFC website, so there could be a mistake, but last year the success rate was <4%

A plot showing 3 lines, over the time period of 2014 to 2025. Applications have risen from 166 to 186. Funded applications has decreased from 12 to 7. And so success rates have decreased from 7.2 to 3.8%.

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Planetary Research Jobs @jobs.planetary-research.org · 17/06/2026

Planetary Science Job Announcement Ph.D. 18 Ph.D. positions on Habitability as a fundamental planetary process. Freie Univ. Berlin, TU Berlin, DLR, RUB Boschum, Univ. Wien, TU Dresden, Germany jobs.planetary-research.org/9dce-77…

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Planetary Research Jobs @jobs.planetary-research.org · 17/06/2026

Planetary Science Job Announcement Postdocs and fellowships 6 postdoc positions on habitability as a fundamental planetary process. Freie Univ. Berlin, TU Berlin, DLR, RUB Boschum, Univ. Wien, TU Dresden, Germany jobs.planetary-research.org/f511-f1…

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British Planetary Science Conference 2026 @bpsc2026.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Day 3 of the British Planetary Society Conference starts with a keynote by Joseph m McNeil (Natural History Museum, London): 'Technicolour Mars: seeing the red planet in new light' #BPSC26

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Peter Grindrod @petergrindrod.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

My talk at #BPSC2026 is showing our study of active dust devils at the ESA Rosalind Franklin rover landing site. Take home message: although they are difficult to see, we found 37 active dust devils. But... We predict a clearing event once every ~4000 sols. Which, er, isn't great for solar power!

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Peter Grindrod @petergrindrod.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

A sunny start in St Andrews for #BPSC2026 Looking forward to hearing all the exciting new science from around the Solar System!

A bright, blue sky with patchy white clouds above a harbour with greenish water and a small patch of sandy beach.

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Seán Doran @theseaning.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

'Purple Rain' Earth's atmosphere revealed by a Himawari satellite study of water vapor in the infrared, an extended look at the turmoil in the water-filled skies of planet Earth. Each minute covers one day. Each shot covers one month. The 7h15m40s 4K video is not looped. youtu.be/bjvmUL_A20A

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Peter Grindrod @petergrindrod.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

There are 15 (!) PhD positions available to join the ExoMars Rosalind Franklin mission science team. Funded through the MSCA EXODOCS doctoral network: www.exodocs.eu Apply here: euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/432752

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Are we alone in the Universe? The search for life beyond Earth is one of humanity’s most profound scientific quests. Mars, our closest planetary neighbour, offers unique conditions to explore this qu...

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Riding With Robots @ridingrobots.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

New crater just dropped. Wait. Large meteor just dropped. Then the crater. Another stunner from NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter

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Peter Grindrod @petergrindrod.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

Oh but the light was so lovely leaving work today.

A view of the Natural History Museum, London, particularly its old Waterhouse building. The sun is setting in the distance, through the branches of large trees in the garden. Smaller trees are scattered in the foreground, with the sky turning a murky orange at dusk.

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Peter Grindrod @petergrindrod.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

UK undergrads - UK Space Agency Internships Programme is running this summer. Is paid too (£5k for 8 weeks). web-eur.cvent.com/event/2a6caf...

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Skills for Space: UK Space Agency Internships Programme.

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Frances Butcher @fegbutcher.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

5 days left to apply for a postdoc job with me, working on Martian glaciation! Advert: tinyurl.com/6rzzk5d4 Relevant for glaciologists, geomorphologists, ice flow modellers, GIS or deep learning folks. Closes 19th Jan. Queries via email. 📸HiRISE / @theseaning.bsky.social

An oblique view of a glaciated landscape on Mars. A lobate valley glacier extends towards the viewer from a small valley, and terminates in a lobe. Flow-related structures are visible on the surface.

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Peter Grindrod @petergrindrod.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

We have an STFC-funded PhD project at the @nhm-london.bsky.social. Work with me, @joemcneil.bsky.social, @katie-h-joy.bsky.social, and Gareth Collins, and share in the fun of secondary impact craters and landing sites! tinyurl.com/nez8dzsy

An outside view of the Waterhouse building of Natural History Museum, London, with blue sky and a few clouds. A bronze cast of a diplodocus dinosaur is in the foreground.

A colourful image of impact crater densities on part of the Moon. Red and green rays emanate from the bottom left, the result of millions of secondary impact craters.

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British Planetary Science Conference 2026 @bpsc2026.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

Our website for the British Planetary Society Conference 2026 is now live! 📅 9-11 June, 2026 🎯 St Andrews, Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Our website contains details on how to get to St Andrews and the conference accommodation. Registration details will be added soon. bpsc2026.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk

Photo of St Salvator's Quad at the University of St Andrews, Scotland. Overlaid is the text: "BPSC 2026 St Andrews 9-11th June 2026".

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Leigh Fletcher @leighfletcher.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

Looking to start a PhD in Physics & Astronomy in 2026? The team @physicsuol.bsky.social have announced their STFC-funded projects on offer next year, spanning astrophysics, planetary science, and space instrumentation. Deadline: Jan 18th, contact us to learn more! le.ac.uk/study/resear...

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Peter Grindrod @petergrindrod.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

I’ve worked at @nhm-london.bsky.social for a while now, and yet still have my mind blown on a regular basis. Today, 2 rocks from the collection: Fulgurite (created by a lightning strike) collected by Charles Darwin. Fossil leaf collected by Robert Falcon Scott (on the Terra Nova expedition).

Photo of a plastic case containing small samples of a few small grey rocks, which have linear-like structures. An old sample label reads “Fuglurite (lightning tube). Maldonado, Uruguay. Collected by Charles Darwin and described by him in ‘A Naturalist’s Voyage’”.

Photo of a grey rock with some dark, almost black features, which are the remains of a now fossilised plant leaf.

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Peter Grindrod @petergrindrod.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

Lovely light on the half-term-drag-the-kids-outside walk.

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Natural History Museum, London @nhm-london.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

The Apollo mission's latest discovery has been made - more than 50 years after it ended! A recently opened sample is revealing more about one of the Moon’s most unusual structures - the Light Mantle. Discover what's been uncovered 👇 www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/new...

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Apollo Moon sample opened after 50 years contains evidence of extraterrestrial landslide | Natural History Museum

Moon rock collected on the last Apollo mission is revealing more about one of the Moon’s most unusual structures, the Light Mantle.

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Peter Grindrod @petergrindrod.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

The atmosphere of Mars is too thin to effectively shield it from small meteors hitting the surface. Here, a new, small (10 m) impact crater formed some time between 2010 and 2019. Although the crater is small, the effects are widespread, with the seismic energy triggering lots of dust falls!

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Peter Grindrod @petergrindrod.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

Never won a raffle in my life, until now! Signed by Harry Brook. Just wish his century hadn’t been in vain. #ENGIND

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Peter Grindrod @petergrindrod.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

New dust devil tracks at the Spirit landing site in Gusev crater, Mars. CTX images, taken just 65 days apart at the end of 2006 / beginning of 2007.

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Gordon "Oz" Osinski @drcrater.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

To anyone looking for a #postdoc at #LPSC2025 my university has just announced a Postdoctoral Fellowship Program. The program “incorporates the principles of equity, diversity, and inclusion”. Reach out if you’re interested. uwo.ca/research/fun...

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Western Postdoctoral Fellowship Program

Western University, in vibrant London, Ontario, delivers an academic and student experience second to none.

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Andy Purvis @andypurvisnhm.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Come and join us in @nhm-london.bsky.social's Biodiversity Futures Lab! We're looking for a geospatial analyst to join the #PredictsProject team for 12 months (with possibility to extend) to help us further develop the Biodiversity Intactness Index. #job deadline 3 Mar jobs.nhm.ac.uk/internal/Job...

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Geospatial Analyst:South Kensington

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Peter Grindrod @petergrindrod.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Many years ago, I got the train to Edinburgh, and spent the journey reading a Culture novel. When I got off, Iain Banks was right there on the platform as I opened the door. He was meeting someone (else) from the train. I was too shellshocked/awkward to do anything but stare dumbfounded.

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Peter Grindrod @petergrindrod.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Do other people have a favourite landslide? If not, consider adding this one on Mars. The colour from the CaSSIS instrument is just amazing. CREDIT: ESA/TGO/CaSSIS/Peter Grindrod

An image of the surface of Mars, where a landslide deposit runs top to bottom. Streaks of colours (blues, cyans) stretch through the landslide.

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Peter Grindrod @petergrindrod.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

This is what a dust storm on Mars looks like. As seen by the Curiosity rover in 2018. Images taken over nearly a month, with roughly the same view. Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/Peter Grindrod

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Natural History Museum, London @nhm-london.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Interested in some #Mars news this Monday? The origins of more than 15,000 mysterious mounds on the red planet have been revealed, having been carved out of the surface by water billions of years ago. Find out what they reveal about the red planet 👇 www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/new...

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Mysterious Martian mounds formed by ancient water

Over 15,000 mounds are scattered across Mars’ lowlands – but until recently, no one knew how they got there.

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Daniel Pomarède @pomarede.bsky.social · 18/01/2025

A 33-images mosaic acquired two days ago by Curiosity, capturing an impact crater named “Rustic Canyon” Check out this post by @emmaharris.bsky.social describing the science program and operations of the rover on that day: science.nasa.gov/blog/sols-44... #Mars Jan. 16, 2025 (Sol 4425) 🧪🔭

An ochre toned mosaic capturing a Martian landscape. A depleted area with slightly darker colors at center corresponds to an impact crater.

Credits images: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/fredk

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Peter Grindrod @petergrindrod.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

Gah! Thank you, yes, you're right, that's the paper.

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Peter Grindrod @petergrindrod.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

Here's what plate tectonic movement looks like on Europa. Part of the Northern Falga region, centred ~50N. Animation, incredible work and data are all by Geoffrey Collins and co-authors (open access) doi.org/10.1029/2022...

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Peter Grindrod @petergrindrod.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

Fantastic news! And so well deserved! Giulia is an amazing scientist and the best colleague.

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Peter Grindrod @petergrindrod.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

It's a commonly-used phrase for an image that is real 'colour', but isn't as the human eye would see it. In this case, RGB colours correspond to near-infrared (940 nm), red (678 nm), and blue (495 nm) wavelengths.

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Peter Grindrod @petergrindrod.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

It's a commonly-used phrase for an image that is real 'colour', but isn't as the human eye would see it. In this case, RGB colours correspond to near-infrared, red, and blue wavelengths.

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Peter Grindrod @petergrindrod.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

Some parts of Mars are deliciously colourful. Here's part of the western Ladon basin, as seen in false colour by the CaSSIS instrumnet on the TGO spacecraft. Image no. MY35_012192_201_0, taken in January 2021. (Credit: ESA/TGO/CASSIS/Peter Grindrod)

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Dr. Nick Attree @nickattree.eurosky.social · 07/01/2025

The new diamond 💎 open access #PlanetaryScience community journal has a name! Planetary Research And a website! Find out all about the project here planetary-research-journal.online/about.html

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