Proud to share that the IAU has officially named an asteroid in my honour. Can’t believe it!! A 4.7 km rock at the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter is named Sanchez-Cano! As a scientist, this is a truly special milestone. Thank you to everyone who has been part of the journey! 🚀🛰☄️💫✨

An incredible week at ISSI in Bern! Perhaps the most productive team I’ve ever been! :) a great team!

International Space Science Institute (ISSI)@issibern.ch · 4w ago

🔭 How do solar energetic particles travel from the Sun to Mars' surface? This week's International Team is modelling this journey - through the heliosphere & Martian atmosphere - to support future Mars missions & improve radiation risk assessment. Read more: teams.issibern.ch/solarparticl...

Happy to celebrate Dr Dikshita Meggi passing her PhD viva @physicsuol.bsky.social My first student as main supervisor, and now my Postdoc! Dikshita has done an amazing work on how the Martian crustal magnetic fields shape the topside ionosphere, very proud oh her! Onwards and upwards 🚀🔴

Farewell to MAVEN, we are going to deeply miss it!

IFLScience@iflscience.com · 2mo ago

NASA has announced the end of the pioneering MAVEN Mars mission. Nobody had heard from the spacecraft since it experienced an "anomaly" last December, and despite many attempts at getting back in touch, none was successful. www.iflscience.com/rip-maven-na...

23 years of amazing science!

European Space Agency@esa.int · 2mo ago

On this day in 2003, Mars Express began its journey to the Red Planet. 🔴 Since then, it has given us stunning views of Mars, traced the history of water across the planet, and provided the most complete map ever of the chemical composition of its atmosphere. 🧪🔭

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NASA's MAVEN makes historic discovery around Mars

The first comprehensive observations of the same effect in Mars’ atmosphere.

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✨✨New paper alert✨✨ first detection of the 2D structure of gravity waves propagating in Mars’ ionosphere thanks to the radar MARSIS on Mars Express agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...

Very proud of my colleagues at @SpaceParkLeic and @uniofleicester for making this a reality with the SXI instrument! Particularly my great office mate and friend @jennyacarter.bsky.social !!!

ESA Space Science@science.esa.int · 3mo ago

Smile begins her mission! 🙌 The Inspector is on her way to reveal how exactly Earth’s invisible shield protects us against the solar wind! www.esa.int/Science_Expl... 🔭 🧪 ☀️

✨✨Paper alert✨✨ A new @NatureComms study led by C.Fowler reveals and unexpected response of the Martian ionosphere to major space weather events: plasma is squeezed along magnetic flux tubes, aiding in the deflection of the solar wind flow about Mars www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Many congratulations to Dr Rong Tian on successfully passing her PhD defense yesterday at Wuhan University on the topic Mars’ ionosphere irregularities, like waves. I’m very proud of her! I also received a small trophy — I’m still wondering how she knew what I’d be wearing! 😂😅

This week I’m in Wuhan, China, for the PhD defense of my student Rong Tian — having a great time and even squeezed in a seminar!

The @royalastrosoc.bsky.social has a new President. 🪐🔭 Professor @jim-wild.bsky.social begins his two-year term in the role today, after succeeding Professor Mike Lockwood at today's RAS AGM. Read more here: ras.ac.uk/news-and-pre...

A pleasure to highlight papers like this one, where missions such as Mars Express are still uncovering excellent science +20 years after launch! eos.org/editor-highl...

Martian Aerosols Reveal Dynamics of Dust and Cloud Transport - Eos

A new study presents a nine-Martian-year survey of dust and water ice clouds vertical distribution, key drivers of the planet’s climate.

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Space weather matters at Mars. COSPAR‑ISWAT highlights how solar wind and storms drive atmospheric loss, radiation hazards, and mission risk—key to protecting assets today and understanding Mars’ past, present, and future habitability. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

The COSPAR international space weather action teams (ISWAT) initiative: a driving force for the COSPAR space weather roadmap

The International Space Weather Action Teams (ISWAT) is a grass-roots initiative that emerged as a global force from a small group of original founder…

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What a journey! After 5 years of dedication and hard teamwork, today we reached the final meeting with the M7 mission selection committee. Here are a few photos from last week’s final presentation. So proud of the whole team 💫✨🛰🛰✨ 💫

The big day has arrived! You can follow the M7 mission final public presentations tomorrow 22nd April here: www.cosmos.esa.int/web/m7-publi... M-MATISSE is the first one at 10 am! (Link at the bottom of the website)

When Paris makes the publicity for us…. Go M-MATISSE! 🤩✨✨🛰🛰✨✨ (For context, check the Grand Palais exposition happening right now! 😜)

Here we go Paris almost ready for the final public presentation of M-MATISSE on Wednesday!

Finally, snacks that are truly out of this world! Go M-MATISSE! ✨🛰🛰✨

✅ #Artemis II update: 'Earthset', 6 April 2026, and 'totality', 7 April, seen from lunar orbit, the Moon eclipses the Sun, a view few humans have ever witnessed (pics: NASA) 🔗 www.nasa.gov/gallery/jour... @exploration.esa.int l

LIFTOFF of #Artemis II on 1 April 23:35 BST/00:35 CEST 2 April 2026 from Kennedy Space Center, carrying the second Orion spacecraft with its ESA European Service Module! #ForwardToTheMoon @exploration.esa.int

Late evening seminar with a great discussion afterwards!

Fantastic day in London at the London Space Plasma Meeting! And a good practice for the final public presentation that it’s coming soon! 🫣

After 2 intense inspiring weeks from the payload review colocation to the Science Study Team meetings, I’m deeply proud of this team. We’re now standing at the doorstep of the final presentation & mission selection review. M‑MATISSE feels closer than ever! Really great hard work!

✨Paper alert✨ Thanks to MEX and TGO talking between them, a region of Mars’ ionosphere never explored before was sampled during a major solar storm. A fantastic work lead by Jacob Parrott! M-MATISSE will have this capability in much larger scale to explore the so far unseen!

ESA Space Science@science.esa.int · 5mo ago

🆕 Cast your mind back to May 2024... remember how a massive solar storm triggered northern lights across Europe? We can now reveal how this same solar storm affected Mars, thanks to clever teamwork from our two Mars orbiters. Find out more 👉 www.esa.int/Science_Expl... 🔭 🧪 ☀️

Not sure how but 2 years have passed between these two pictures! It is now time to say “see you soon” to Rong Tian from Wuhan University, an amazing PhD student that soon will graduate! Very proud of you!✨✨

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Beatriz, la brillante científica toledana que escudriña Marte desde hace 15 años: «Sinceramente, ¡no sabemos casi nada!»

"¡Todavía no puedo creer que dijeran mi nombre! Fue un momento único que recordaré siempre". Beatriz Sánchez-Cano no está así de radiante solamente porque esa escena, más propia de Hollywood, la vivie...

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Ready for session P41D - Space Environments of Unmagnetized or Weakly Magnetized Solar System Bodies and the Effects of Space Weather on these Systems! #AGU25

Good discussions at #AGU2025 Space Weather session for the Moon and Mars, where I presented @science.esa.int M-MATISSE M7 candidate and how we plan to tackle Mars Space Weather