Dr. Kim Tait
@KimTTait
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I am the Mineralogy, meteorite and gem curator at the Royal Ontario Museum, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Toronto, Ontario
Joined October 2011
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This is how geologists collect lava samples from an active volcano. đź“˝: USGS
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If you're seeing the Northern Lights tonight, here's an explainer of how the different colors can appear! We are currently seeing a vivid display of pinks and greens here at the office!
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Got your pickaxe? We're inviting gamers, educators, and students to check out a new #MinecraftEdu world inspired by @NASAWebb! This partnership with @Minecraft allows creators to explore star formation, planets, and galaxies, modeled on real Webb images: https://t.co/la8Fzu7Sz9
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The f—k?!?!???????!!!!
Update: I am told that following our reporting on hockey coach Mat Weidenfelder, he will continue to be behind the bench this season for Leaside's U22 Junior Wildcats team. The parent of a player whose complaint led to a Hockey Canada investigation of Weidenfelder told me their
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Earlier today, NASA gave the world a first look at material from asteroid Bennu! Learn more about the reveal: https://t.co/jzzjPfe8R4 đź“·: NASA/Erika Blumenfeld & Joseph Aebersold
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Asteroids are the building blocks of our solar system, and this asteroid contains the building blocks of life. Our initial analysis of the 4.5-billion-year-old rocks from asteroid Bennu delivered to Earth by #OSIRISREx shows evidence of carbon and water. https://t.co/Wg3Zq4dxBP
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Hah, @IvanSemeniuk started with how I was at the rink for landing. Where else would I be? https://t.co/y5rGSDRnSU
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Scientists and researchers across Canada already have plans for the samples brought back to earth by OSIRIS-REx, but they have to wait until a facility to permanently house the samples has been built
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OSIRIS-REx brought back a sample of asteroid Bennu! What's extra special? Canada will receive a portion! Learn more about the sample’s arrival on Earth: https://t.co/XuVRo0DHqE Credit: NASA/Keegan Barber
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The #OSIRISREx capsule is secure in the temporary clean room at the Utah Test and Training Range. Over the next few hours, the team will prepare the capsule for transport to @NASA_Johnson tomorrow. https://t.co/9bZyFMxEjo
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Today's goal is to transfer the capsule from the range to a temporary clean room here at UTTR and put the sample on a nitrogen purge. Avoiding contamination is the priority and the team is taking every precaution to protect the sample. https://t.co/eLFTQTCFKx
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After travelling millions of kilometres, the sample of asteroid Bennu will be landing today on Earth. Join the excitement at 10:00 a.m. ET on NASA TV: https://t.co/Zgaaa8H5Za Photo: NASA/Keegan Barber
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✅ All systems go! The #OSIRISREx mission team has voted to release the capsule containing an asteroid sample from the spacecraft. Here’s what we’re expecting to happen today: https://t.co/8e2WlLwJ8S
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The #OSIRISREx spacecraft has released the capsule containing a piece of asteroid Bennu. The capsule will plummet through space for four hours, enter the atmosphere over California and land about 13 minutes later in Utah. https://t.co/lK5QmILjtj
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Is it a spacecraft, is it an asteroid? Its BOTH! Hello, #OSIRISREx!🛰️💼🪨 This small central speck is the 1st image of @NASA's spacecraft on its way (briefly) home, carrying with it a sample from ancient asteroid #Bennu. đź”Spotted on 16 September by ESA’s Optical Ground
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It appears the Global Meteor Network (GMN) cameras were very busy last night recording pieces of debris entering our atmosphere from Comet Swift-Tuttle. The Perseid meteor shower peaked early this morning & here is some of data recorded from South of Calgary, Canada @CBCEyeopener
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The latest episode of the @EMSLscience podcast, Bonding Over Science, is out today! Listen to @KimTTait of @ROMtoronto and @UofT talk about how she is using Martian meteorites to determine if the necessary ingredients for life once existed on Mars. https://t.co/kuaorpVGqS
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