Birkbeck Society of Geological and Planetary Sciences / BBK Geo Soc

28/05/2021

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

21/05/2021

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! 🎉🍕

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

22/03/2021

Live feed Iceland eruption 🌋

12/03/2021

Did anyone see it?☄️

The hunt is on for the fireball fragments that probably fell to Earth over England on Sunday night.

27/01/2021

Geologists have found a rare formation inside a rock that looks just like the Cookie Monster character from Sesame Street.

13/01/2021

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!

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

16/12/2020

✨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! 🌙🥳

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

09/12/2020

✨Exciting news!✨

NASA has announced the Artemis team! 👩‍🚀 👨‍🚀
Nine women and nine men, who will fly to the moon as part of the Artemis program 🌙
This includes planetary geologist Jessica Watkins! 👏🪐

08/12/2020

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 ✨

03/12/2020

"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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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!

27/11/2020

⚡️ 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

Geologic Stories from the Pacific Northwest