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Thompson Space Engagement

@ThompsonSpace

Astronomy department for @ThompsonSTEM. We love Space! 🚀⭐️🛸

 Wales, United Kingdom
Joined May 2020
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Our Space Our Future@OurSpace_Future14 May 2021
There has been a lot in the news recently about the #MarsHelicopter and the amazing engineering that went into it! Learn more about how this was done and create your own helicopters with this great activity by @NASAJPL_Edu jpl.nasa.gov/edu/learn/proje… #mars #STEM #spacescience
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Thompson STEM Engagement@ThompsonSTEM30 Apr 2021
In this video we begin our tour of the Solar System with part 1, rocky planets! Check it out! @stem_wales @pwastronomer @astrocymru #scicomm #STEM #Physics #Astronomy #space youtu.be/8dxFCNPLnx0
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Thompson STEM Engagement@ThompsonSTEM29 Apr 2021
It's the pHinal weekly #Europlanet2024RI resource release - we hope you've been enjoying these as much as us! Explore how pH could affect the habitability of Mars using the Rio Tinto River in Spain as a Planetary Field Analogue Site 🇪🇸🌊 europlanet-society.org/mars-…
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Thompson STEM Engagement@ThompsonSTEM23 Apr 2021
Yn yr fideo yma rydyn ni'n ymchwilio i fewn i faint mor enfawr yw'r bydysawd! @stem_wales @Cymraeg @astrocymru #STEM #SciComm #gwyddoniaeth #gofod #Cymraeg youtu.be/vV4SUCWnhQU
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Thompson STEM Engagement@ThompsonSTEM16 Apr 2021
Our next video is now out! In this video we celebrate the 60th anniversary of #YuriGagarin blasting off into space with The Life of Yuri Gagarin - First Man in Space, a biography. Check it out! @stem_wales @astrocymru #STEM #SciComm #Science #Space youtu.be/OtQGxmbz0JY
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Thompson STEM Engagement@ThompsonSTEM15 Apr 2021
The next #Europlanet2024RI resource is out - and it's all about brines on Mars! 💫 Did you know there's lots of different salts on Mars - even NaCl (or table salt - yes what you put on your chips!) 🍟🧂 europlanet-society.org/mars-… @europlanetmedia @faulkestel #H2020
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Thompson STEM Engagement@ThompsonSTEM8 Apr 2021
Chemistry time, in the next #Europlanet2024RI resource 👩‍🔬 Discover how the habitability of the Martian surface is affected by salt and temperature - introducing field sites in Greenland! 🏔️🇬🇱 europlanet-society.org/mars-… @europlanetmedia @faulkestel #H2020
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Thompson STEM Engagement@ThompsonSTEM1 Apr 2021
It's time for the third #Europlanet2024RI classroom resource 🌟 This week we'll be exploring how field sites in Iceland can be used to investigate the volcanically active Tharsis region of Mars 🌋🇮🇸 europlanet-society.org/mars-… @europlanetmedia @faulkestel #H2020
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Schools-look at the fantastic images you could take using robotic telescopes across the world! All free too!
Faulkes Telescope (@faulkestel) profile pictureFaulkes Telescope@faulkestel30 Mar 2021
Check out these beautiful images captured and processed by students from Escola Secundária Marques Castilho in Portugal! Which one is your favourite? 🤩🌌 @alvaro_folhas instagram.com/p/CNDXVNZjKxr/…
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Thompson STEM Engagement@ThompsonSTEM28 Mar 2021
For those of you who missed it on Friday, we at Thompson STEM Engagement are pushing the clocks back rather than forward! Join us where we travel back in time to 3.5 billion years ago - when life on Earth began 🌎 🌿🐒 #STEM #Science #History #Life #Biology #Anthropology
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Tonight's video is now live! This is a full show length video originally developed for @MidlothSciFest on a tale 3.5 billion years in the making! A Brief History of Life! enjoy! @Museum_Cardiff @stem_wales #storyoflife #evolution #SciComm #STEM youtu.be/dd8ksbjR6cg
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Thompson STEM Engagement@ThompsonSTEM25 Mar 2021
The second #Europlanet2024RI classroom resource is live 🙌 Learn how we can use the Danakil Depression in Ethiopia (one of the hottest environments on Earth!) to get a glimpse back in time through Mars' history ✨ ⏰ europlanet-society.org/mars-… @europlanetmedia @faulkestel #H2020
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Thompson STEM Engagement@ThompsonSTEM18 Mar 2021
Ever wondered how we can look at life on Mars from the comfort of the Earth? 🦠 We've been working with @europlanetmedia to produce classroom resources about Planetary Field Analogue Sites 🌎 Check out the first weekly release here: europlanet-society.org/intro… #STEM #Astrobiology
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Europlanet 🇪🇺@europlanetmedia16 Mar 2021
Reminder: through #Europlanet2024RI professional scientists and amateur astronomers have access to 16 large telescopes in the Europlanet Telescope Network. The majority have remote access and so are still available. Rolling call for submissions: europlanet-society.org/europ…
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@ESA__Education26 Feb 2021
Applications are now open for the first ever @esa #TeachWithSpace Online Conference. From 6-8 July we'll bring space to your classroom via demonstrations, expert talks, panel discussions, and more space-inspired activities. Full programme and to apply: esa.int/Education/Teachers_C…
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Thompson STEM Engagement@ThompsonSTEM19 Feb 2021
Tickets are still available for our upcoming @CdfScienceFest event this Sunday! This is an interactive showcase of our upcoming sensory learning in astronomy project funded by @europlanetmedia Tickets available here: eventbrite.co.uk/e/sense-the… Get them while you can! #scicomm
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@spacegovuk18 Feb 2021
👏👏👏 What a journey @NASAPersevere! Huge congratulations to @NASA and all those involved! 🥳
ARCHIVED - NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover (@NASAPersevere) profile pictureARCHIVED - NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover
@NASAPersevere18 Feb 2021
I’m safe on Mars. Perseverance will get you anywhere. #CountdownToMars
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National Space Centre@spacecentre8 Feb 2021
📽️🍿 This Valentine’s weekend join us on Facebook/YouTube for a free online screening of the planetarium show The Planets 360. ♥️ Made possible thanks to the @RoyalAstroSoc #RAS200 programme, it features Holst’s The Planets suite.
The Planets 360 planetarium show poster. Available to stream on Facebook and YouTube from 12-14 February 2021.

ALT The Planets 360 planetarium show poster. Available to stream on Facebook and YouTube from 12-14 February 2021.

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@astro_timpeake8 Feb 2021
Do you want to become an ESA astronaut? 👇 Big news from @esa! I'm looking forward to taking part in the press event on 16th Feb & talking about this exciting astronaut selection. The event will be streamed at esawebtv.esa.int, with registered media able to ask questions.
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@esa8 Feb 2021
For the first time in 11 years, we're looking for new #astronauts. Media representatives are invited to a virtual press event on Tuesday, 16 February, to learn more about these exciting vacancies 👉 esa.int/Newsroom/Press_Relea… #YourWayToSpace #ESArecruits
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Thompson STEM Engagement@ThompsonSTEM13 Jan 2021
Our Website has had a complete rebuild from the ground up! Come visit us at thompsonstem.co.uk to see what's new!
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WonderDome@WonderDome16 Nov 2020
Now that the 'bonfire season' is over and the firework smoke has cleared, let's go stargazing! Wrap up warm! wonderdome.co.uk/november-20…
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