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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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Our first Keynote speaker for BPSC 2026 is Dr Elishevah van Kooten (University of Copenhagen). Dr van Kooten's works on astrobiology, the origins of life, and meteorites as records of early Solar System processes. She investigates the formation, alteration, and delivery of life’s building blocks.

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Our second Keynote speaker for BPSC 2026 is Dr Joseph McNeil (Natural History Museum, London). Dr McNeil is a planetary scientist specialising in the geology of early Mars. He uses orbital remote sensing to investigate how martian environments and habitability evolved through time.

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New BPSC 2026 keynote announcement! 📢 Dr Amy Bonsor (Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge) is an astronomer studying exoplanetary systems, their formation, evolution and potential habitability. She uses spectra of stellar remnants (white dwarfs) to probe the composition of exoplanet building blocks.

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