Saturday, 17 January 2026

TMA02 is finished so start on TMA03

I'm half way through this module now and I've just submitted TMA02 four days before the cut-off date. I really struggled with the question on the effect of temperature on the formation of the solar system and I spent a reasonable amount of time trying to get a grip on it without being obsessed. It's always important to know when to let a TMA go because there's always another one around the corner. In this case it's TMA03, which is the third TMA out of a total of four for this module and straddles the planetary science and astrobiology parts of the module.


Question 1 (8/75 marks)

This question is about meteorites.

Question 2 (30/75 marks)

This is a data handling question concerning meteorite isotopes.

Question 3 (7/75 marks)

This is the first TMA question so far on the astrobiology part of the module and asks about organic molecules and life.

Question 4 (21/75 marks)

This question is concerned about the conditions required for the habitability of other parts of the Universe. 

Question 5 (9/75 marks)

This asks about the origin of water on Earth.