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Susanne Schwenzer

@spsmars.bsky.social
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Professor of Planetary Mineralogy, with a love for Mars, impact craters, cats and music

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Andy Rivkin @asrivkin.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
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Susanne Schwenzer @spsmars.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
Excellent and unusual venue for a talk about the NASA Curiosity rover! Thanks @ougeolsoc.bsky.social London Branch for the invite. Also talked about @astrobiologyou.bsky.social , of course!
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Susanne Schwenzer @spsmars.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
www.nasa.gov/image-articl... Stunning field site on Mars!
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Curiosity Sends Holiday Postcard from Mars - NASA
Team members working with NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover created this “postcard” by commanding the rover to take images at two times of day on Nov. 18, 2025,
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Susanne Schwenzer @spsmars.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
Just in case you are wondering what I got so excited about this week!
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Susanne Schwenzer @spsmars.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
Happy start of the Holiday Season. Enjoy the treats of the season.
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Cat O'Connell-Cooper @mars-cat.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
Curiosity Blog, Sols 4702-4708: It’s Only Spooky Here on Earth Today! By Susanne P. Schwenzer, Professor of Planetary Mineralogy at The Open University, U.K. @spsmars.bsky.social Earth planning date: Friday, Oct. 31, 2025 science.nasa.gov/blog/curiosi...
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Curiosity Blog, Sols 4702-4708: It’s Only Spooky Here on Earth Today! - NASA Science
By Susanne P. Schwenzer, Professor of Planetary Mineralogy at The Open University, U.K.
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Susanne Schwenzer @spsmars.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
time.com/7323640/25-i... Shout out to all, who made it happen! 13 years and counting!
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Daniel Pomarède @pomarede.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
Curiosity Blog, Sols 4661-4667: Peaking Into the Hollows By Susanne P. Schwenzer @spsmars.bsky.social, Professor of Planetary Mineralogy at The Open University, UK science.nasa.gov/blog/curiosi... #Mars 🧪 #PlanetSci
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Curiosity Blog, Sols 4661-4667: Peaking Into the Hollows - NASA Science
By Susanne P. Schwenzer, Professor of Planetary Mineralogy at The Open University, UK
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Susanne Schwenzer @spsmars.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
Congratulations!
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Daniel Pomarède @pomarede.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
👀 incoming Mastcam mosaic / Stereo3D view of this most peculiar rock. Stay tuned! rkinnett.github.io/roverpics/?m... @rkinnett.bsky.social #Mars 🧪 #PlanetSci
a screenshot of the roverpics app listing thumbnail images captured by the Mars rover Perseverance.
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Martin Hajovsky @martinhajovsky.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
Giving me the blues! #Jeremejevite has piezoelectric properties, which wow! But I went with #Haüyne because it’s formed in volcanoes and I loves me some volcanoes 🌋! Also, the discoverer named it after himself almost on the spot, so mad respect to René-Just Haüy there. And, ümlaüts rule. #MinCup25
HaüyneHaüyneJeremejeviteJeremejevite
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Daniel Pomarède @pomarede.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
Stereo3D view captured by Curiosity from within a trough of the boxwork structure To go 3D: eyes' lines of sight parallel, left image for left eye, right image for right eye. #Mars Aug. 26, 2025 - Sol 4641 Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech 🧪🔭
A dual left/right stereoscopic pair of black and white photographies capturing a Martian landscape. This dual image is intended to be used to obtain a Stereo3D rendition of the scene through parallel viewing, and not cross-eyed viewing.
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Daniel Pomarède @pomarede.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
A Stereo3D view captured by Curiosity at that location on the ridge with her Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) To go 3D: eyes' lines of sight parallel, left image for left eye, right image for right eye. #Mars Aug. 8, 2025 - Sol 4623 Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS 🧪🔭
A dual left/right stereoscopic pair of ochre toned photographies capturing a layered Martian rock. This dual image is intended to be used to obtain a Stereo3D rendition of the scene through parallel viewing, and not cross-eyed viewing.
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Aster Cowart @terrasabaea.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
Peace and love from planet Mars (Curiosity NavCam imaging from the afternoon of Sol 4623, August 8, 2025)
A rounded area of sandy pits are intersected by rocky ridges to form a peace sign shape on the Martian surface.
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Justin Filiberto @planetaryrocks.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
New Paper Published. I am incredibly proud of this one. I agreed to this review when I was the branch chief of research and thought I could get the paper done in about 6 months....then multiple job shifts happened and the paper was submitted just over a year and 6 months after I said yes. (1/4)
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Abigail Fraeman @abbyfrae.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
Happy Landiversary Curiosity. <3 science.nasa.gov/blog/curiosi...
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Curiosity Blog, Sols 4622-4623: Kicking Off (Earth) Year 14 With an Investigation of Veins - NASA Science
Written by Abigail Fraeman, Deputy Project Scientist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory
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Susanne Schwenzer @spsmars.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
Today, 13 years ago, the Curiosity rover landed on Mars. What a journey of science and discovery, of collegiality and thinking. Go, Curiosity! What a privilege to be a tiny part of the journey.
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Susanne Schwenzer @spsmars.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
Luke Jerram's Mars installation, including a mesmerising sound track.... and on Saturday Luke himself... visited the OU this weekend. So exciting, so much fun. So many great conversations, from science to art to philosophy. What a privilege! @AstrobiologyOU @lukejerram.bsky.social
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Daniel Pomarède @pomarede.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
Check out the latest Curiosity rover mission update by @spsmars.bsky.social Sols 4473-4474: So Many Rocks, So Many Textures! ☑️ science.nasa.gov/blog/sols-44... #Mars 🧪 #PlanetSci
A grey scale image of a boulder located about 40 meters (about 131 feet) away from the rover at the time. NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity acquired this image using its Chemistry & Camera (ChemCam) instrument. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/LANL
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Daniel Pomarède @pomarede.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
Curiosity rover mission updates: three new posts by Lucy Thompson, Susanne Schwenzer @spsmars.bsky.social, and Scott VanBommel ☑️ Silver Linings science.nasa.gov/blog/sols-45... ☑️ Thumbs up from Mars science.nasa.gov/blog/sols-45... ☑️ Prinzregententorte science.nasa.gov/blog/sols-45... #Mars 🧪🔭
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Sols 4520-4521: Prinzregententorte - NASA Science
Written by Scott VanBommel, Planetary Scientist at Washington University
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Susanne Schwenzer @spsmars.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
Not often that I find myself highlighted!
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Daniel Pomarède @pomarede.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Curiosity rover updates: three new posts by Lucy Thompson, Lauren Edgar and Susanne Schwenzer @spsmars.bsky.social ☑️ Salty Salton Sea? science.nasa.gov/blog/sols-44... ☑️ Making Good Progress science.nasa.gov/blog/sols-44... ☑️ Heading Into the Small Canyon science.nasa.gov/blog/sols-44... #Mars 🧪🔭
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Sols 4466-4468: Heading Into the Small Canyon - NASA Science
Written by Susanne Schwenzer, Planetary Geologist at The Open University
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Susanne Schwenzer @spsmars.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
First sign of winter being over!
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Susanne Schwenzer @spsmars.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
heyzine.com/flip-book/b0..., what a journey! Thanks to all who travelled with us!
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Online Flipbook
Created with the Heyzine flipbook maker
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Kevin M. Gill @kevinmgill.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
The current workspace in front of the Mars Curiosity Rover following its Sol 4450 drive this week. flic.kr/p/2qLyMsU
Rocks and sand.

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Space.com @space.com · 13/02/2025
What do clouds on Mars look like? www.space.com/the-universe...
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'Iridescent' clouds on Mars captured in Martian twilight in stunning NASA rover images (video)
"I'll always remember the first time I saw those iridescent clouds and was sure at first it was some color artifact."
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Susanne Schwenzer @spsmars.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Just a normal day on Mars.... Go, Curiosity, go! science.nasa.gov/blog/sols-44...
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Sols 4445–4446: Cloudy Days are Here - NASA Science
Earth planning date: Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025
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Susanne Schwenzer @spsmars.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
New year, new paper! www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...
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Daniel Pomarède @pomarede.bsky.social · 22/12/2024
Sols 4398-4401: Holidays Ahead, Rocks Under the Wheels by Susanne Schwenzer @spsmars.bsky.social science.nasa.gov/blog/sols-43... 🧪 #planetaryscience #Mars
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Sols 4398-4401: Holidays Ahead, Rocks Under the Wheels - NASA Science
Earth planning date: Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2024 It’s almost holiday time, and preparations are going ahead on Earth and Mars! For myself that means having a packed suitcase sitting behind me to go on my...
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Susanne Schwenzer @spsmars.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
Curiosity around the corner? Soon! science.nasa.gov/blog/sols-43...
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Sols 4391-4392: Rounding the Bend - NASA Science
Earth planning date: Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2024 For planning today, we have a beautiful view of the northern tip of Texoli, as seen in the image foreground. Unfortunately, the rocks that make the view s...
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Susanne Schwenzer @spsmars.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
So, I saw the article in Science this morning about Bluesky... and here I am looking for fellow #Mars researchers!
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