Shatter cones in rocks in the Pilbara craton, in Western Australia, provide evidence for oldest known impact crater on Earth, which struck 3.5 billion years ago, according to a paper in Nature Communications. https://go.nature.com/3DrWafY ⚒️ 🧪

This makes it all worth it! Proud of my group at #LPSC2025 😀 MSc students Lauren & Mack; PhD students Ananya, Axel & Jack, and postdoc Tara @westernu.bsky.social

Happy International Women's Day 2025!
This last year was at some points extremely challenging, yet it was also marked with incredible opportunity and unforgettable experiences. Reflecting back, I am proud to have been resilient through the hardships to enjoy the opportunities! ⭐

We're at a crossroads in planetary science, and now really is the the right time to think about new ways to do what we do.

That's why I'm holding a meeting at 12:00 pm in Creekside Park at LPSC on Wednesday, March 12 to talk about setting up a new professional society.

I hope to see you there!

So pleased to finally be able to share what we did during our #ArtemisIII geology training in November 2024! Virtual reality simulations will be vital in our return to the Moon. See if you can spot me in the photo of the Artemis III Geology Team below!

Check it out: science.nasa.gov/uncategorize...

Great to be able to finally share what our #ArtemisIII Science Team got up to at NASA JSC last November!

science.nasa.gov/uncategorize...

Read Marissa's, Ana's and my ponderings on the @geolsoc.bsky.social GeoFutures: Planetary Geoscience conference in November. Lovely to see the community come together and a fantastic opportunity to hear about some really cool space and mission science! 🚀 🌌 🛰️ ☄️

geoscientist.online/sections/une...

On my way home from work the other day I glanced out of the bus window and looked at the clock outside a local market. Something struck me that I had never noticed before looking at this clock: it had roman numerals but the number 4 didn't look quite right. 🧵

did anyone else forget that the ducks witnessing a meteor happened this year

Reflecting on an amazing week at NASA Johnson Space Center at #Artemis III science team training. Immersive experiences like this really put into perspective what we are all working so hard towards - the exciting moment Artemis astronauts set foot on the Moon once again!

Allow me to introduce myself on here! I'm a planetary scientist/astronomer at the University of Reading (UK), researching Jupiter & Saturn. I've worked at JAXA, NASA, Boston Uni and Uni of Leicester. On the side, I create space animations to share the wonders of our corner of the universe, such as:

To accompany this #PlanetaryScience starter pack, I make this guide to 12 Types of Planetary Science Papers!!! Based on the original #XKCD comic

Enjoy!

If you'd like to learn more about me, please check out my research! I published the first paper from my PhD earlier this year in Nature Astronomy 🌠 Focused on the discovery of apatite in a fragment of lunar crustal material and looking at water in early lunar history!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

This marks my first post on BlueSky - I'm Tara, a Postdoctoral Researcher working on lunar geoscience! I love what I've been able to participate in since the beginning of my PhD, this community is wonderful and exciting to be a part of 😊⭐