The Planeterrella at Southampton is a fantastic way to introduce students and the general public to auroral physics. Funded by @STFC_Matters.

Joined January 2016
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If you’re in outreach and you’re aware of a job coming up, @BBoulderstone – a fabulously talented science communicator who has worked both on the Planeterrella and on projects of her own devising – is currently available for hire and you should hire her.
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We have a poster summarising the key engagement statistics from our @STFC_Matters grant in the poster hall this afternoon at #NAM2019 – it’s poster 16. Come say hi! #MISTPE
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If you’re at #NAM2019 this week, there’s a session convened by @johncoxon @helen_hm11 @rwwalsh @martinarcher Tuesday morning on public engagement through the solar system – see you all there!
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We’re on the STFC website! Thanks to @STFC_Matters for featuring us 😀 stfc.ukri.org/news-events-an…
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Come to the @sciencemuseum to help us classify some aurora and see the wonderful @planeterrella! If you missed us today, never fear! We will be back tomorrow!
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Our second day at the @sciencemuseum with the @planeterrella! Come help us classify some aurora as well was taking part in a chance to win your very own mini plasma ball!
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Aurora Zoo and the Southampton @planeterrella will be at the @sciencemuseum this Saturday 25/05, Tuesday 28/05 and Wednesday 29/05! Come and chat to us in the Information Age gallery, and do some real aurora research - everybody welcome
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Excitingly, the museum is celebrating the return of #Soyuz and the 50 years of the Moon landing with Summer of Space, a summer-long packed programme of events, family festivals and more: bit.ly/2HLymTd
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25 Apr 2019
Join us at @MettricksSoton on 20-22nd May for this year's @pintofscience! There's accessible talks on @unisouthampton's cutting-edge research, and 2-for-1 cocktails to help you appreciate them... Get your tickets here before they're all gone: pintofscience.co.uk/events/s…
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5 Apr 2019
STFC are currently looking for people to join their Public Engagement Early-Career Researcher (PEER) Forum – for more information, check out the article on our website! mist.ac.uk/news/140-stfc-pub…

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Getting ready for #SOTSEF with our AuroraZoo workshops!
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16 Mar 2019
Helping out with @planeterrella! Rob and @johncoxon have talked to 200 people already and we’ve only been going 90 mins!
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We are at #SOTSEF today telling people about the aurora and the northern lights! We’re on the foyer level of Building 46 and we’d be thrilled to have you visit!
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This academic year sees a new phase of the gender stereotyping pilot project #SEPnetOPE
It’s really great to see how much of the day is focusing on engaging people in schools! #SEPnetOPE
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Now listening to @Dr_Heather_C talking about shattering stereotypes in Physics #SEPnetOPE
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Hearing about tackling gender stereotyping in schools at #SEPnetOPE now. Targeting Year 8 students in schools initially and then moving onto a careers evening involving parents, too.
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brb applying for money to play Only Connect in schools #SEPnetOPE
Love that the example in the Connect Physics handbook is plasma-focused! #SEPnetOPE
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