@petergrindrod.bsky.social - Peter Grindrod

20 Aug 2026 10:31 +0000

An excellent poster, and an excellent mission. Can't wait! [contains quote post or other embedded content]

09 Jul 2026 14:19 +0000

I wish I hadn't made this - it's grim. STFC Ernest Rutherford Fellowship success rates over time. I found conflicting data on the STFC website, so there could be a mistake, but last year the success rate was <4%

09 Jun 2026 14:04 +0000

My talk at #BPSC2026 is showing our study of active dust devils at the ESA Rosalind Franklin rover landing site. Take home message: although they are difficult to see, we found 37 active dust devils. But... We predict a clearing event once every ~4000 sols. Which, er, isn't great for solar power!

09 Jun 2026 11:42 +0000

A sunny start in St Andrews for #BPSC2026 Looking forward to hearing all the exciting new science from around the Solar System!

01 May 2026 08:18 +0000

There are 15 (!) PhD positions available to join the ExoMars Rosalind Franklin mission science team. Funded through the MSCA EXODOCS doctoral network: www.exodocs.eu Apply here: euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/432752 https://www.exodocs.eu/

04 Mar 2026 18:37 +0000

Oh but the light was so lovely leaving work today.

12 Feb 2026 11:48 +0000

UK undergrads - UK Space Agency Internships Programme is running this summer. Is paid too (£5k for 8 weeks). https://web-eur.cvent.com/event/2a6cafbb-19b4-4653-a650-a7760ecc3d72/summary

15 Jan 2026 09:30 +0000

We have an STFC-funded PhD project at the @nhm-london.bsky.social. Work with me, @joemcneil.bsky.social, @katie-h-joy.bsky.social, and Gareth Collins, and share in the fun of secondary impact craters and landing sites! tinyurl.com/nez8dzsy

31 Oct 2025 20:14 +0000

Happy Halloween nerds 🎃

27 Oct 2025 15:43 +0000

I’ve worked at @nhm-london.bsky.social for a while now, and yet still have my mind blown on a regular basis. Today, 2 rocks from the collection: Fulgurite (created by a lightning strike) collected by Charles Darwin. Fossil leaf collected by Robert Falcon Scott (on the Terra Nova expedition).

25 Oct 2025 11:37 +0000

Lovely light on the half-term-drag-the-kids-outside walk.

07 Oct 2025 17:44 +0000

@chrislintott.bsky.social Got it! [contains quote post or other embedded content]

12 Aug 2025 14:17 +0000

The atmosphere of Mars is too thin to effectively shield it from small meteors hitting the surface. Here, a new, small (10 m) impact crater formed some time between 2010 and 2019. Although the crater is small, the effects are widespread, with the seismic energy triggering lots of dust falls!

04 Aug 2025 12:31 +0000

Never won a raffle in my life, until now! Signed by Harry Brook. Just wish his century hadn’t been in vain. #ENGIND

21 May 2025 15:20 +0000

New dust devil tracks at the Spirit landing site in Gusev crater, Mars. CTX images, taken just 65 days apart at the end of 2006 / beginning of 2007.

24 Jan 2025 14:01 +0000

Do other people have a favourite landslide? If not, consider adding this one on Mars. The colour from the CaSSIS instrument is just amazing. CREDIT: ESA/TGO/CaSSIS/Peter Grindrod

24 Jan 2025 12:22 +0000

This is what a dust storm on Mars looks like. As seen by the Curiosity rover in 2018. Images taken over nearly a month, with roughly the same view. Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/Peter Grindrod