Beatriz Sánchez-Cano

A picture for the modern history! The M-MATISSE community together ✨🛰🛰✨

✨✨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/10.1029/20…

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 !!!

✨✨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 nature.com/articles/s4146…

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!

A pleasure to highlight papers like this one, where missions such as Mars Express are still uncovering excellent science +20 years after launch!

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. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

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: cosmos.esa.int/web/m7-public-… M-MATISSE is the first one at 10 am! (Link at the bottom of the website)

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! ✨🛰🛰✨

EARTHSET. April 6, 2026. Humanity, from the other side. First photo from the far side of the Moon. Captured from Orion as Earth dips beyond the lunar horizon. Photo: NASA

THE ARTEMIS II ECLIPSE. April 6, 2026. Totality, beyond Earth. From lunar orbit, the Moon eclipses the Sun, revealing a view few in human history have ever witnessed. Photo: NASA

Beautiful planet

Liftoff. The Artemis II mission launched from @NASAKennedy at 6:35pm ET (2235 UTC), propelling four astronauts on a journey around the Moon. Artemis II will pave the way for future Moon landings, as well as the next giant leap — astronauts on Mars.

Late evening seminar with a great discussion afterwards!

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

The Smile mission will view the full Sun-Earth connection, helping us solve 3️⃣ mysteries: 🌬️ 🌍 What happens where solar wind meets Earth’s magnetic shield? 🌍 ⚠️ What causes magnetic glitches on the dark side of Earth? 🚨 🧲 How can we predict the most dangerous magnetic storms earlier?

🚀 10 years ago, our largest and most sophisticated martian explorer left Earth behind. To mark the launch anniversary, here are 5 remarkable things @esa's Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) was made for 🧵👇