2021 Year of Space lecture series
The Geology of Other Planets - A geological journey through our solar system and beyond
Take a journey through the wonders of our solar system with a team of expert planetary geologists and scientists!
You may want to explore the origins of our solar system, or take a virtual trip to the asteroid belt; maybe you’ll join us to learn about volcanoes on Mercury, drive across the surface of Mars with the NASA rovers and discover more about the planets right at the very edge of our solar system.
This lecture series will take you on a journey all the way from Mercury to Pluto and beyond, and show you how geologists here on Earth can examine rocks from space and the Earth itself to unpick the mysteries of our Solar System.
Simply click on the lecture to view the recording on our YouTube channel.
![Solar system](/~/media/shared/images/about us/themed years/2021 year of space/lectures/solar system 150x150.jpg?la=en) |
Professor Sara Russell, Natural History Museum
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![Mercury](/~/media/shared/images/about us/themed years/2021 year of space/lectures/mercury 150x150.jpg?la=en) |
Professor Dave Rothery, Open University
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![Venus](/~/media/shared/images/about us/themed years/2021 year of space/lectures/venus 150x150.jpg?la=en) |
Dr Peter Grindrod, Natural History Museum
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![Circular red tinted planet with black sky background](/~/media/shared/images/about us/themed years/2021 year of space/lectures/mars-11012_640 (1).jpg?la=en) |
Dr Matt Balme, Open University
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![Asteroids hurtling through the black sky](/~/media/shared/images/about us/themed years/2021 year of space/lectures/asteroid-4679027_640 (1).jpg?la=en) |
Professor Alan Fitzsimmons, Queen's University Belfast
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![The moon](/~/media/shared/images/about us/themed years/2021 year of space/lectures/the moon 150x150.jpg?la=en) |
Dr Katie Joy, University of Manchester
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![Grey circular planet with grey ring of saturn to the right and black backdrop](/~/media/shared/images/about us/themed years/2021 year of space/lectures/titan (1).jpg?h=150&w=150&la=en)
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Ralph Lorenz, John Hopkins Applied Physics Lab, Maryland
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![Circular moon with ice set against a black sky](/~/media/shared/images/about us/themed years/2021 year of space/lectures/Icy moon (1).jpg?la=en)
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Claire Cousins, University of St Andrews
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![black sky background with large circular light brown planet in foreground](/~/media/shared/images/about us/themed years/2021 year of space/lectures/PIA19708_small (1).jpg?la=en)
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Dr Veronica Bray, University of Arizona
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![Circular planet Pegasi b sitting to the left of a black sky](/~/media/shared/images/about us/themed years/2021 year of space/lectures/Exoplant Pegasi b (1).jpg?la=en) |
Dr Oli Shorttle
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The Geology of Titan
Ralph Lorenz, John Hopkins Applied Physics Lab, Maryland
Thursday 9 September |
Pluto
Dr Veronica Bray, University of Arizona
Wednesday 10 November |