Meteorites: the magnetic key to the early Solar System

Wednesday 4th Mar 2026, 9.45am

How can we begin to understand events that happened billions of years ago, like the birth of our Solar System? Fortunately, for planetary scientists like Dr Hannah Sanderson, there are clues…if you know where to look. Hannah explains that the magnetic fields recorded in meteorites can tell us a lot about their parent bodies, helping us to understand how Earth – and its neighbours – formed. To find out more go to the Oxford Magnetism Group’s website.