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Mark McCaughrean<p>In Stuttgart for another evening in the presence of Messrs Wilson, Blundell, Holzman, McStine, & Beggs, & “The Overview” 🖖🙂🤘</p><p>Are you listening, Mr <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mas.to/@alexandermilas" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>alexandermilas</span></a></span>? </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SpaceRocks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpaceRocks</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/StevenWilson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StevenWilson</span></a></p>
🌜Galactic Stone🌛<p>Unclassified NWA chondrite meteorite with fusion crust.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Meteorite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Meteorite</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Space</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SpaceRocks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpaceRocks</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GeologyRocks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GeologyRocks</span></a></p>
:David Campey<p>STAR WARS DAY, "The Real Star Wars" Public Talk at the Planetarium on May 4th at 3:00 PM to learn about Meteorites, Meteors, and Impact Craters of SA! Don't miss this opportunity to discover how rocks from space have shaped our landscape. Link for more details and to get tickets. <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/starwars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>starwars</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/StarWarsDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StarWarsDay</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Planetarium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Planetarium</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/SpaceRocks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpaceRocks</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/SouthAfrica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SouthAfrica</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/PlanetaryScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PlanetaryScience</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/star-wars-day-may-4th-the-real-star-wars-public-talk-planetarium-tickets-1349702609839" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">eventbrite.com/e/star-wars-day</span><span class="invisible">-may-4th-the-real-star-wars-public-talk-planetarium-tickets-1349702609839</span></a></p>
Mr Tech King<p>NASA's Perseverance rover spotted a curious rock on Mars, dubbed St. Paul's Bay. Made of tiny rounded stones, it was found in Jezero Crater while searching for ancient life. Scientists are puzzling over its origin. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Mars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mars</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Perseverance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Perseverance</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SpaceRocks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpaceRocks</span></a></p>
Mark McCaughrean<p>Out this evening doing some stress testing of our <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SpaceRocks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpaceRocks</span></a> cotton tote bag 🚀🎸</p><p>Six litre bottles of unpasteurised beer from the local abbey? 🧐</p><p>Passed with flying colours 🍻🖖🤘</p>
🌜 Galactic Stone 🌛<a href="https://pixelfed.de/discover/tags/Chondrule?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Chondrule</a> lovers take a peek. 👀 <br>
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NWA 2137, an unequilibrated LL3.7 chondrite <a href="https://pixelfed.de/discover/tags/meteorite?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#meteorite</a> that has a dark inclusion and a ton of chondrules of all types. ☄️ <br>
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This full slice (23.5g) with fusion crust resides in the Galactic Stone and Ironworks collection.<br>
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Available at the link in my profile.<br>
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<a href="https://pixelfed.de/discover/tags/meteoriten?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#meteoriten</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.de/discover/tags/PlanetaryScience?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PlanetaryScience</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.de/discover/tags/meteoritics?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#meteoritics</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.de/discover/tags/geology?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#geology</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.de/discover/tags/SpaceRocks?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SpaceRocks</a>
Mark McCaughrean<p>Amazing 😳</p><p>It’s not every day that you get name checked on an album that’s number 1 in the UK midweek album charts🙀</p><p>Let alone it being a 42 minute, two track prog concept album about the cosmic perspective that considering the vastness of space brings to our ephemeral lives ✨</p><p>Kudos to Steven Wilson for the stunning music – it’s a privilege to be involved along with my good friend, <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mas.to/@alexandermilas" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>alexandermilas</span></a></span> 🙇♂️</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TheOverview" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheOverview</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SpaceRocks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpaceRocks</span></a></p>
Mark McCaughrean<p>Coming at 1800CET/1700GMT today: conversation about Jeff Wayne’s “The War of the Worlds” as it goes out on tour & the possibility of life on Mars. </p><p>With Sara Russell of the Natural History Museum & me on the science, Dave Rowntree of Blur, Brian Cox, & my <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SpaceRocks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpaceRocks</span></a> co-founder <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mas.to/@alexandermilas" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>alexandermilas</span></a></span> talking with Jeff about his classic album, plus Rou Reynolds of Enter Shikari who’s in the new show.</p><p>Was a fun day in London with Alex et al who made the film 🖖🤘</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/live/yEyiKOLfnBI?si=gp1204uRI6kbHP3z" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/live/yEyiKOLfnBI?s</span><span class="invisible">i=gp1204uRI6kbHP3z</span></a></p>
Mark McCaughrean<p>I'm busy with a creative project of my own (more of which soon), but just a quick one to flag the release Steven Wilson's space-inspired album "The Overview" yesterday ✨</p><p>I've had it for a few weeks & it's brilliant – immersive epic prog with zero pandering to the nano-attention span, oh so knowing world of streamed sludge 🙇♂️</p><p>It was a privilege to be part of the album premiere event at the BFI IMAX in London & I'm proud of the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SpaceRocks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpaceRocks</span></a> connection – thanks, Steven 🖖🤘</p><p><a href="https://theprogressiveaspect.net/blog/2025/02/27/steven-wilson-presents-the-overview/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theprogressiveaspect.net/blog/</span><span class="invisible">2025/02/27/steven-wilson-presents-the-overview/</span></a></p>
Mark McCaughrean<p>In London this week for a few events & meetings, some of which I can't talk about yet (ooh, mystery! 🤪)</p><p>But this one's public – I'll be at the British Film Institute this evening for a premiere of Steven Wilson's new space-inspired album "The Overview", with visuals on the IMAX screen.</p><p>We'll have a panel discussion after with Steven, the film maker Miles, my ESA colleague Miho, & my <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SpaceRocks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpaceRocks</span></a> compadre, Alex.</p><p>Tonight is sold out, but there are more dates in Europe before the album tour 🖖🤘</p>
Mark McCaughrean<p>Even if last night’s New Year’s Eve show on BBC One was an “awkward & breathless mess”, you at least have to applaud the set decoration team for their impeccable taste 😘</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HappyNewYear2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HappyNewYear2025</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/JWST" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JWST</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NASA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NASA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ESA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ESA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CSA</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SpaceScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpaceScience</span></a> 🚀🛰️🔭✨<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SpaceRocks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpaceRocks</span></a> 🖖🤘</p>
Mark McCaughrean<p>Looking forward to “The Overview”, the new album from our friend Steven Wilson, prog musician & producer extraordinaire, & his 2025 tour 🎶</p><p>Inspired by the perspective gained by looking down at Earth from space or outward into the cosmos, & as you’ll see, a conversation that started with Space Rocks 🖖🙂🤘</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/StevenWilson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StevenWilson</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SpaceRocks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpaceRocks</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ProgMagazineUK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProgMagazineUK</span></a></p>
Europe Says<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/1701999/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/1701999/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> 120-Foot Space Rock Racing Toward Earth <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Asteroid2024XN1" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Asteroid2024XN1</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/AsteroidWatch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AsteroidWatch</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/CloseApproach" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CloseApproach</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/nasa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nasa</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/NearMiss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NearMiss</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/PlanetaryDefense" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PlanetaryDefense</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>space</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/SpaceRocks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpaceRocks</span></a></p>
Mark McCaughrean<p>It’s late on Friday night & in honour of Steven Strait / James Holden of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TheExpanse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheExpanse</span></a> appearing at ESTEC’s Open Day with <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SpaceRocks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpaceRocks</span></a> in Noordwijk this weekend, ESA have just announced the latest design of the EnVision mission to Venus 👍</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ScreamingFirehawks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScreamingFirehawks</span></a></p>
Lance (Ranger Bob) Taylor<p>Scientists Believe They Now Know Where the Dinosaur-Killing Asteroid Came From</p><p><a href="https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/technology/scientists-believe-they-now-know-where-the-dinosaur-killing-asteroid-came-from" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">msn.com/en-ca/news/technology/</span><span class="invisible">scientists-believe-they-now-know-where-the-dinosaur-killing-asteroid-came-from</span></a></p><p>From Space?</p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/SpaceRocks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpaceRocks</span></a></p>
Lance (Ranger Bob) Taylor<p>Meteor this morning?</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Edmonton/comments/1f9mtgt/meteor_this_morning/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">reddit.com/r/Edmonton/comments</span><span class="invisible">/1f9mtgt/meteor_this_morning/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/yeg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>yeg</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/yegastro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>yegastro</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/SpaceRocks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpaceRocks</span></a></p>
Mark McCaughrean<p>Heads up (literally, if you’re in the South Pacific) 👀</p><p>At ~18:48UTC / 20:48CEST tomorrow, 8 Sep, the first of the four ESA Cluster II satellites, Salsa, will re-enter Earth’s atmosphere, bringing an effective end to the constellation’s 24-year mission to probe our magnetosphere & its interactions with the solar wind. </p><p>I’ll be back at ESOC in Darmstadt, helping film this sad but celebratory moment for a documentary coming soon from <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SpaceRocks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpaceRocks</span></a> 🖖🤘</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SpaceScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpaceScience</span></a></p><p><a href="https://blogs.esa.int/rocketscience/2024/09/07/all-is-ready-to-observe-salsas-reentry-from-the-air-at-1848-utc-sunday-8-september/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">blogs.esa.int/rocketscience/20</span><span class="invisible">24/09/07/all-is-ready-to-observe-salsas-reentry-from-the-air-at-1848-utc-sunday-8-september/</span></a></p>
Mark McCaughrean<p>If you’re in the neighbourhood of the Randstad on Sunday 6 October, consider spending it with us at the annual ESA ESTEC Open Day 🚀🛰️🛸🔭🪐☄️✨👩🚀👨🚀</p><p>Lots to see & do linked to space science & technology, & many astronauts to meet, after the Association of Space Explorers get-together in Noordwijk that week.</p><p>I’ll be back there with <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SpaceRocks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpaceRocks</span></a> & our friend Steven Strait aka James Holden of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TheExpanse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheExpanse</span></a> will be too 🦠</p><p>Tickets are free, but limited 👇</p><p><a href="https://www.esa.int/About_Us/ESTEC/ESA_Open_Days_2024/ESA_Open_Day_at_ESTEC_2024_Registration_open" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">esa.int/About_Us/ESTEC/ESA_Ope</span><span class="invisible">n_Days_2024/ESA_Open_Day_at_ESTEC_2024_Registration_open</span></a></p>
Mark McCaughrean<p>Ha – that’s no asteroid 🤪</p><p>Rewatching S1 of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TheExpanse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheExpanse</span></a> from 2016 & am further reminded how obviously influenced the production team was by Rosetta’s adventures at Comet 67P/C-G over the preceding two years 🙂👍</p><p>What goes around comes around though, as at <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SpaceRocks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpaceRocks</span></a>, we’ve since worked with Dominique Tipper, Steven Strait, Shohreh Aghdashloo, & the writers, James SA Corey 🙂</p><p>Stay tuned for more science meets science fiction 🖖🤘</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SpaceScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpaceScience</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RosettaLegacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RosettaLegacy</span></a></p>
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