Matthew Genge

Ever wished you could draw better? My upcoming book on geology field sketches published by @OUPAcademic describes how and what to draw in the field. Excited it is now available for pre-order. global.oup.com/academic/prod… @ImperialRSM

Like many people I have stopped posting on X and no longer check my messages on the platform. X has become a platform for broadcasting the abhorrent far right ideology of its CEO.

My Nature Astronomy paper is covered as a news story in New Scientist. newscientist.com/article/244… nature.com/articles/s41550-0… @ImperialESE

Will be on Times Radio at 14:40 this afternoon talking about the Earth's mini-moon. Sometimes the Earth captures small asteroids for a while as temporary moons. radio-uk.co.uk/times-radio

Asteroids were fractured by freeze-thaw of ice. Life-giving water flowed throughout the asteroids that were to deliver water to Earth. Freeze-thaw helps make Earth-like planets throughout the Cosmos. Our paper is published in Nature Astronomy today. nature.com/articles/s41550-0…

I don't just teach students to draw rocks, sometimes I paint them too. Here's the Permo-Triassic sequence at Porticciolo, Sardinia, one of my favourite spots. This is my first painting in about 10 years! @ESEImperial #Geology

Monday mornings arent so bad.

"You sound like that good-looking guy....what's his name?" - validation of my entire life.

What to do whilst waiting for the tide to go out. A landscape field sketch from the Algorri coast, Spain.

Tonight the cobbles of the Grand Place rippled with light beneath a darkling void.

Visited Waterloo today (the battlefield) and beyond hope there was actually an ABBA exhibition. Was so happy ;)

Watching Monica Grady get the Leonard Medal of the Metsoc. My first boss..how lucky I was!

Me, bemusing other planetary scientists, at MetSoc 2024 in Brussels

Isabelle Matthai giving her talk at #metsoc2024 @ESEImperial

Not at all an intimidating place to give a talk. Brussels, Academy of Sciences #metsoc2024

Sara Russell starting off #metsoc2024 talking about the samples from Bennu. Exciting!

Feeling virtuous on my way to Metsoc 2024 in Brussels. I like this perspective. @ESEImperial

For lunch today I had an 8k row. It was tasty.

An evening row on the thames....whatever you have going on rowing makes it better.

When finite element models go wrong, who picks up the pieces? An example of a very niche joke.

I feel a sudden wave of love and respect for our cherished neighbours across the channel.