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Dr. Gwénaël Caravaca 🔴 ⛏ @gccmars.eurosky.social · 25/08/2026

I am happy to share my latest open access publication, the first using data from the Chinese rover #Zhurong. It marks a huge achievement: I have now published on all of the current generation #mars rovers! 🥳 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 1/X 🧵

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Riding With Robots @ridingrobots.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

From NASA: Curiosity has delivered a new 360-degree panorama from Mars. “We’ve seen a lot of fascinating landscapes through Curiosity’s eyes, but this sea of polygons took our breath away,” said the mission’s project scientist. Zoom into the rover's latest views: www.nasa.gov/missions/mar...

Panoramic view of a desert landscape with textured ground and distant, layered hills. Part of the rover can be seen in the lower left.

Reddish desert terrain textured with a pattern of small, hexagonal raised ridges. Part of the rover can be seen in the lower left.

Layered rocks in the foreground and smoother, reddish, tooth-like hills along the distant horizon.

A rocky hill about 20 feet (6 meters) tall capped with sand on the pointy top.

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Dr. Gwénaël Caravaca 🔴 ⛏ @gccmars.eurosky.social · 24/07/2026

Do you want to see an exceptional #jurassic #limestones #outcrop? I got you coverd with my latest #DOM on Sketchfab, the Font Froide section! 🪨⛏️ Have a rest on these nice carbonated benches ☺️and browse through annotations for more micro-models 🔬of the embedded fossils! 🐚 skfb.ly/pM6oM

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Font Froide section (Caylus, Quercy, France) - 3D model by Dr. Gwénaël Caravaca (@GCC_mars)

This is a low-resolution version of the Font Froide outcrop, a few kilometers away from the small town of Caylus (Quercy, France). It features a lateral stacking of (sub-)metric limestones beds with s...

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NeV-T @nev-t.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

🟠 MSL 4958 MR © NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/NeV-T Q-VIEW - live.staticflickr.com/65535/554113... Gigapan - gigapan.com/gigapans/239... GIGAmacro - viewer.gigamacro.com/view/CFtCSRp... Gigapan Website - www.nev-t-gigamacros.com #Mars #science #NASA

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Cité de l'espace @citedelespace.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

🟠 OTD, il y a 50 ans, la sonde Viking 1 se posait sur Mars à 11h53 et prenait ce panorama exceptionnel de sa surface. Les sondes soviétiques Mars 1 et 3 avaient déjà réussi à se poser mais Viking 1 est le premier atterrisseur qui a réussi à fonctionner plus de quelques secondes.

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Riding With Robots @ridingrobots.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

On Mars yesterday science.nasa.gov/mission/msl-...

Black-and-white photo of part of the Curiosity rover (an antenna and a wheel) in a rocky desert with layered cliffs

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Dr. Gwénaël Caravaca 🔴 ⛏ @gccmars.eurosky.social · 15/07/2026

These are the mosaics I am currently planning and working on, and as walways wonderfully displayed by @NEVT60138024 🤩

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Doug Ellison @dougellison.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

The very best “what the f*}k?…..how on Ares beige planet did this happen?” I’ve seen since we started roving. Literally ran over a white pebble and it was essentially pure sulfur.

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China Space Watch @chinaspace.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

China’s #Tianwen2 probe has arrived at the near-Earth asteroid Kamo'oalewa and begun scientific exploration. After a 400-day journey of roughly 1 billion km through deep space. The image shows the target asteroid, taken by the probe from roughly 20 km away on approach to Kamo'oalewa on July 2.

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Cité de l'espace @citedelespace.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Et voilà où il se trouve. On aperçoit même les traces des roues de Perseverance et ses rotations sur lui-même. L'image a été prise le 14 juin juste avant qu'il franchisse la barre symbolique des 42,195 km.

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Seán Doran @theseaning.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

A flyby of Holden Crater on Mars HRSC / ESA / DLR / FU Berlin / Seán Doran

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Dr. Fred J. Calef III @mapperwocky.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

The rover was ~120 m shy of a marathon at this location. If you follow the dark streak heading southwest, you’ll see two ‘fresh’ craters of equal size. The ‘finishing line’ was just above them.

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Daniel Pomarède @pomarede.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Snippets from a 171-images, 360° Mastcam panorama captured two days ago by Curiosity #Mars June 19, 2026 - Sol 4930 🧪🔭 Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/fredk

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Seán Doran @theseaning.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

I am honored! You might like this old video... youtu.be/m60aGramcAA?...

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Curiosity - Vera Rubin Ridge

YouTube video by Seán Doran

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Kevin M. Gill @kevinmgill.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Remember when Curiosity visited Mont Mercou?

A rock outcrop cliff over rocks and sand.

NASA/JPL-Caltech/Kevin M. Gill

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Space.com @space.com · 18/06/2026

NASA's Perseverance rover just ran a marathon on Mars. Could you do the same? www.space.com/astronomy/ma...

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NASA's Perseverance rover just ran a marathon on Mars. Could you do the same?

Percy has now traveled more than 26.2 miles on the Red Planet! Could you?

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Cité de l'espace @citedelespace.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

🟠 Sur Mars, le site d’Oxia Planum où doit se poser le rover Rosalind Franklin de l’ESA s'avère particulièrement riche en argile. Les données de Mars Express et Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter révèlent qu'ils s'étendent sur des centaines de km. 🧵👇 f.mtr.cool/fnpkelypqi

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Riding With Robots @ridingrobots.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

From NASA Perseverance has completed the ultimate off-trail, off-world marathon! The rover surpassed a total distance of 26.2 miles (42.195 kilometers) on the Red Planet on June 14 while exploring intriguing, ancient terrain to the west of Jezero Crater. science.nasa.gov/mission/mars...

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Dr. Gwénaël Caravaca 🔴 ⛏ @gccmars.eurosky.social · 05/06/2026

Very happy to have this new paper on #Jezero's western #delta #sedimentary record published in Icarus! One more brick added to the deltaic succession history thanks to Rebecca Williams' work ☺️ Link for download in the first comment www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Environmental conditions associated with carbonate-bearing rocks in lower Hawksbill Gap, Jezero western fan, Mars

Investigating sedimentary carbonate phases in situ is a primary objective of Mars exploration. Such mineral phases commonly precipitate from surficial…

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Dr. Gwénaël Caravaca 🔴 ⛏ @gccmars.eurosky.social · 05/06/2026

La semaine dernière, j'étais à Rochechouart pour observer les roches particulières créées par un impact, car oui, on a un véritable cratère d'impact en France ! 🪨 Une équipe de @france3-naquitaine.bsky.social nous a suivi sur le terrain ☺️ www.youtube.com/shorts/DNp73...

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☄️👩‍🚀 La NASA et le CNES en Nouvelle-Aquitaine pour étudier le cratère de Rochechouart #space

YouTube video by France 3 Nouvelle-Aquitaine

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Kevin M. Gill @kevinmgill.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Mars' southern hemisphere from the departing Psyche spacecraft on May 16th. flic.kr/p/2sdXi1n

A gibbous planet mars. The icy south pole is visible.

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Daniel Pomarède @pomarede.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

NASA image of the day Perseverance Stuns in New Selfie Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS www.nasa.gov/image-articl... #Mars 🧪🔭

NASA’s Perseverance rover recently took a self-portrait against a sweeping backdrop of ancient Martian terrain at a location the science team calls “Lac de Charmes.” Assembled from 61 individual images, the selfie shows Perseverance training its mast on a rocky outcrop in the foreground after creating a circular abrasion patch, with the western rim of Jezero Crater stretching into the background. During abrading, the rover grinds down a portion of the rock’s surface, allowing the science team to analyze what’s inside. The selfie was captured on March 11, the 1,797th Martian day (or sol) of the mission, during the rover’s deepest push west beyond the crater.

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CNES @cnes.fr · 08/05/2026

🔴 Depuis Toulouse, des équipes du #CNES participent à l’exploration de Mars aux côtés de la #NASA Les rovers #Curiosity et #Perseverance poursuivent leur quête : comprendre l’histoire de la planète rouge… et rechercher d’éventuelles traces de vie passée...🦠 video.lefigaro.fr/figarotv/emi...

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Mars : Au CNES, la traque d’une vie passée sur la planète rouge

Alors qu'Elon Musk rêve d'une vie sur la planète Mars, est-ce vraiment réalisable ? Pour en avoir le cœur net, nous nous sommes rendus au Centre National d’Études Spatiales, à Toulouse, où sont piloté...

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Cité de l'espace @citedelespace.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

🟠 Sur Mars, le rover Curiosity a vécu un incident inédit : lors d’un forage le 25 avril, un bloc rocheux de 13 kg est resté accroché à sa foreuse. Le bras robotique a soulevé la pierre. 🧵👇

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Daniel | ScienceSocks et al. @sciencesocks.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Amazing timelapse of the Curiosity rover driving around on Mars for the last six years 🤯 📷 NASA/JPL-Caltech 🔗 science.nasa.gov/photojournal/six-years-of-curiositys-wheels-on-the-move/ 🔭🐡🧪

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China Space Watch @chinaspace.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

China's two plans to return Mars samples, both require two launches of Long March 5 in 2028 and will return in July of 2031. The return orbiter will launch in November of 2028 in both cases. The lander/ascender will launch in Dec or May.

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Dr. Gwénaël Caravaca 🔴 ⛏ @gccmars.eurosky.social · 01/05/2026

So you're telling me what we're taking for bedrock... Is just surface paver? 🤔

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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

#ArtemisII My latest cartoon for @newscientist.com

Title: Artemis 2

Panel 1:
Moon "Hi guys!"
Artemis 2"Hello Moon!"

Panel 2:
Moon "You're not landing"

Panel 3:
Artemis 2 "Just orbiting this time."
Moon "Oh."

Panel 4:
Artemis 2, leaving "But we'll be back soon."

Panel 5:
Moon thinking...

Panel 6:
Moon, sadly "That's what they said in 1972."

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Dr. Gwénaël Caravaca 🔴 ⛏ @gccmars.eurosky.social · 27/04/2026

Taking a sample, definition... No, NOOOO, not that way!!! 😐 Ok, now you put that rock down, sloooooowly 🥺

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Hourly Cosmos @hourlycosmos.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Rising - Curiosity Launch in 2011 - From Bill (ridingrobots.bsky.social) - flic.kr/p/aS8LHX

See what it's like to watch a rocket launch from up close, and find out why will.i.am of the Black Eyed Peas was hanging with nerds:

www.ridingwithrobots.org/2011/11/lets-go-to-mars/

Then find out how to fly a spaceship at 73,000 mph toward a moving target millions of miles away:

www.ridingwithrobots.org/2011/12/cruising/

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Andrea Luck @andrealuck.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

CNSA’s Tianwen-1 mission has recently released new images of Mars, including this view of the north polar cap showing a very cool cloud formation. Full size 4K & more info: flic.kr/p/2s819o9 🔭🧪 Image Processing: Andrea Luck Raw Images: CNSA/CLEP/PEC/MoRIC Those are 2 images taken on 2025-08-09

Orbital view of a cloud formation over the icy north polar cap of Mars. The main cloud formation sits in the lower part of the ice cap and appears bright white, shifting to a slightly dustier tone closer to the ice cap. It resembles cirrus like clouds, formed in patches and curved bands shaped by wind. The polar cap below shows a spiral like structure, bordered by rust colored terrain with a faint hazy appearance.

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Dr. Gwénaël Caravaca 🔴 ⛏ @gccmars.eurosky.social · 16/04/2026

Earlier this week the Curiosity rover encountered a very exciting small impact crater. We came closer to investigate and I made a Digital Outcrop Model to assess its dimensions 😁 You too can have a look at this geomorphic feature set in a polygons-ladden bedrock! skfb.ly/pIG6H

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Antofagasta crater (Mars) - 3D model by Dr. Gwénaël Caravaca (@GCC_mars)

This is a mid-resolution Digital Outcrop Model of a small (~10m-wide) impact crater informally named Antofagasta. This small crater has been observed along the traverse of the Curiosity rover during i...

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China Space Watch @chinaspace.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

🚀🌕 Looking Back: When China became 1st to land on the Moon's Far Side - Chang’e-6 entered lunar orbit on May 8, 2024, for a far-side sample mission. Its lander and orbiter separated; the ascender launched from Apollo crater on June 3, docked in orbit, and returned samples to Earth, on June 25, 2024.

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Paul Byrne @theplanetaryguy.com · 07/04/2026

HOLY SHIT

The Moon! The Sun's corona! A crewed spacecraft! Oh my!

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Gene J. Mikulka @genejm1017.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Via #NASA A better annotated image of the two craters around Mare Orientale that Jeremy Hansen asked to be named "Integrity" after the Artemis II Spacecraft and Carroll Crater, named for the wife of Reid Wiseman, who passed away in 2020 after a 5-year battle with cancer.

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Le Planétolog @leplanetolog.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Je sais que tous les regards sont tournés vers la #Lune, mais si vous vous ennuyez un peu devant le compte à rebours d'#Artemis2, je vous propose un détour par #Mars avec cet article rédigé par mes collègues toulousains aux commandes de l'instrument #SuperCam. 🙂 theconversation.com/eau-biosigna...

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Eau, biosignature et éclair : ce que nous a appris le rover Perseverance après cinq ans sur Mars

Depuis cinq ans, le rover Perseverance nous en apprend plus sur la géologie et les anciennes conditions de Mars. Cette dernière aurait-elle pu abriter la vie par le passé ?

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Stuart Atkinson @stuartatkinson.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

Some new views of Mars, taken by Perseverance yesterday and received here on Earth just a few hours ago... Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Additional processing S Atkinson

Multiple images of the Martian landscape outside the rim of Jezero Crater, taken by the Perseverance rover, processed and assembled into larger panoramic views by S Atkinson

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China Space Watch @chinaspace.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

China’s Tianwen-3 Mars sample return mission is entering flight hardware development, targeting a late 2028 launch to seek out biosignatures on the Red Planet.

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Daniel | ScienceSocks et al. @sciencesocks.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

The image of #Mars below was taken nearly 50 years ago by #Viking 1! Wow! Perfect time to reshare this beautiful #Viking jewelry piece in collaboration with @amyraehill.bsky.social 🤩 🔭🐡🧪🎨

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Rêves d'espace @revesdespace.eurosky.social · 24/03/2026

📣 Ce jeudi à 20h30, et si on parlait science autrement ? Rencontre avec Thomas Appéré, un docteur en planétologie devenu prof et vulgarisateur. On parlera enseignement et spatial, d'Insight et de Lego, de MMX, ... Sur mes chaîne Youtube et Twitch (liens à venir)

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NeV-T @nev-t.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

MSL 4840 MR © NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/NeV-T Q-VIEW - live.staticflickr.com/65535/551638... Gigapan - gigapan.com/gigapans/238... GIGAmacro - viewer.gigamacro.com/view/CbWItwi... Gigapan Website - www.nev-t-gigamacros.com #Mars #science #NASA

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Dr. Gwénaël Caravaca 🔴 ⛏ @gccmars.eurosky.social · 20/03/2026

Don't belive me when I say I only point ChemCam towards good things, believe the word of master image wizard @kevinmgill.bsky.social 😎

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Dr. Gwénaël Caravaca 🔴 ⛏ @gccmars.eurosky.social · 18/03/2026

Very happy to have participated in this study published today in Science Advances about an even older delta in #Jezero crater, #Mars, pushing back the time of possible habitability of the crater thanks to RIMFAX data! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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Ground penetrating radar observations of ancient large-scale deltaic structures in Jezero crater, Mars

Ancient deltaic and fluvial structures detected with radar in Jezero crater, Mars hold implications for habitability.

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Dr. Gwénaël Caravaca 🔴 ⛏ @gccmars.eurosky.social · 16/03/2026

En Octobre dernier, j'ai donné une conférence TEDx 😊 J'y parle Mars, Terre, et dépasser les frontières de l'espace mais aussi du temps pour comprendre notre propre histoire et nos origines. Voilà la captation: www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EE5...

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Explorer Mars pour décoder nos origines | Gwénaël Caravaca | TEDxTBSEducation

YouTube video by TEDx Talks

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Kevin M. Gill @kevinmgill.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

Not much happens up on Mars, but occasionally you can catch some dust blowing around (and the rare dinosaur, but we don't tell that to the conspiracy theorist people). This was captured by the Mars Curiosity Rover's Navcams on Sol 4835 (yestersol).

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talker.news @talker.news · 11/03/2026

Since NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter arrived at Mars in 2006, the spacecraft has delivered some of the most detailed imagery ever captured of the Red Planet: #Mars #space #outerspace #science

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Spacecraft exploring mysteries of Mars celebrates 20th anniversary

Since NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter arrived at Mars in 2006, the spacecraft has delivered some of the most detailed imagery ever captured of the Red Planet.

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Thomas Appéré @thomasappere.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

🤳 Selfie de Perseverance réalisé ce matin sur Mars alors qu'il analyse des rochers très intéressants situés non loin de "Lac de Charme". 📷 Cette photo est une mosaïque de 42 images individuelles. 🔎 En plus haute définition ici www.flickr.com/photos/thoma...

Auto-portrait du rover Perseverance à contre-jour acquis le 11 mars 2026 (sol 1797) à 10h30 heure locale martienne. Le rover se situe à proximité d'un ensemble de rochers de couleur gris-bleuté. Le sol est de couleur ocre et le ciel beige pâle. Au loin s'élèvent des collines.
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