OpinionOctober 31, 2020
How Geologists Reveal the Secrets of the Solar System
Rocks that have fallen to Earth or that have been brought here deliberately are practically the only way we can study planets and asteroids up close
Stories by Tim Gregory
Tim Gregory has a Ph.D. in cosmochemistry from the University of Bristol, in the United Kingdom, and was formerly a research scientist at the British Geological Survey in Nottingham. He now works as a nuclear chemist in Cumbria, U.K. His book Meteorite: How Stones from Outer Space Made Our World was published by Basic Books on October 13, 2020.