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knitter, gardener, planetary PhD candidate Head in the (martian) clouds they/them 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
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Daniel Pomarède
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Curiosity Blog, Sols 4788-4797: Welcome Back from Conjunction by Alex Innanen
@transmartian.bsky.social
, Atmospheric Scientist at York University, Toronto
science.nasa.gov/blog/curiosi...
#Mars
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Curiosity Blog, Sols 4788-4797: Welcome Back from Conjunction - NASA Science
Written by Alex Innanen, Atmospheric Scientist at York University, Toronto
https://science.nasa.gov/blog/curiosity-blog-sols-4788-4797-welcome-back-from-conjunction/
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Still on Mars with Curiosity. Still doing awesome science. Love this recent "MAHLI after dark" image we acquired last month of our drill in the super cool boxwork region:
science.nasa.gov/resource/cur...
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Curiosity Lights Up ‘Nevado Sajama’ at Night - NASA Science
NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover used LED lights on the end of its robotic arm to create this rare nighttime view of the Red Planet’s surface on
https://science.nasa.gov/resource/curiosity-lights-up-nevado-sajama-at-night/
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Not the most pleasant day to go to the store only to find it's been unexpectedly closed, but at least there was some fun snow lifting
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ComSciConCAN
18 days ago
🚨 Applications are open for
#ComSciConCAN
2026! 📍 June 19–21, 2026 | University of Waterloo A 3-day conference for grad students to level up their science communication skills. Since 2013, ComSciCon has trained 2000+ scientists! 🗓️ Apply by Feb 9, 2026 (11:59 PM EST) 💡
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Gradient Appreciators Committee
19 days ago
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Hourly Cosmos
about 1 month ago
Carbon dioxide clouds over Mont Mercou, Curiosity Sol 3063 - From Simeon Schmauß (
stim3on.bsky.social
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https://flic.kr/p/2oUgFwL
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Diana Hayes 🇨🇦
about 1 month ago
2025 ==> 2026 as seen by the York Observatory all-sky camera.
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Doug Ellison
about 1 month ago
Kudos to our project scientist who helps advocate for these every ~year when I think the view might work and we've got a little bit of energy and time spare in a plan. Doing the science on the day to day is important. Taking a moment now and again to do something just for art is important as well.
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Love to visit the Toronto Zoo to see all my best friends
about 1 month ago
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Yesterday, we had our last planning day with Curiosity for almost a month before she takes an extended holiday behind the sun
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Curiosity Blog, Sols 4750-4762: See You on the Other Side of the Sun - NASA Science
Written by Lucy Thompson, Planetary Scientist and APXS team member, University of New Brunswick, Canada
https://science.nasa.gov/blog/curiosity-blog-sols-4750-4762-see-you-on-the-other-side-of-the-sun/
about 2 months ago
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John E Moores
about 2 months ago
In the final blog post of 2025,
@transmartian.bsky.social
reflects on their writing journey as a graduate student.
york-pvl.blogspot.com/2025/12/inse...
This is a key skill: it's not science until it has been shared!
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Writing is a key part of being a researcher of any kind. It's not enough to do the work, take the data or make the discovery. It's not scien...
https://york-pvl.blogspot.com/2025/12/insert-title-here.html
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Postcards from PVL (by
@dchayes.ca
and I)
about 2 months ago
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Michael Battalio
about 2 months ago
Proud to see the first paper (out in
@agu.org
JGRPlanets) from Dr. Campbell, the postdoc
@sguzewich.bsky.social
and I mentor. She did a spectacular job explaining the source of the odd dust activity (called the B-storm) during Mars's SH summer.
#planetaryscience
#Mars
🪐🧪🔭
doi.org/10.1029/2025...
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Diana Hayes 🇨🇦
2 months ago
RIP V3cam 2025–2025 😔
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ComSciConCAN
2 months ago
We're so excited to announce the publication of the first issue of our Open Access, peer-reviewed, science communication Journal - The Canadian Journal of Science Communication! 🎉 You can view the issue here:
lnkd.in/gQ-DHFwS
We hope you enjoy reading as much as we enjoyed preparing the issue!
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Hourly Cosmos
3 months ago
Iridescent clouds over Gale Crater (enhanced color) - From Simeon Schmauß (
stim3on.bsky.social
) -
https://flic.kr/p/2qJvryP
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First! Snow!
3 months ago
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Thrilled to see how many times York will make me redo my name change before I graduate
3 months ago
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Office tree, October 1 — October 31
3 months ago
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Canadian Space Agency tell me your rover's name or I will keep engaging in extremely overblown crafting activities to make jokes about it
3 months ago
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The thing about attempting to grow potatoes remotely from the opposite side of the city is that it's hard
4 months ago
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HiRISE Beautiful Mars (NASA)
4 months ago
HiPOD: A Song of Ice and More Ice This stunning image shows part of the South Polar residual ice cap, a term that refers to ice that lingers well past a seasonal change. Our science goal here is to look for any changes in the ice cap.
https://uahirise.org/hipod/ESP_076435_0940
#Mars
#science
#NASA
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Invested with the unlimited power of my lab's p card with which I will purchase one (1) package of paper towel
4 months ago
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ESA Space Science
4 months ago
First images of comet
#3I/ATLAS
from Europe's Mars orbiters 😍 Observing the comet from 30 million km away,
#ExoMars
reveals the halo of gas and dust surrounding the comet's nucleus. Read more 👉
www.esa.int/Science_Expl...
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I spent way too long making this on my phone 🔭
about 2 years ago
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Diana Hayes 🇨🇦
4 months ago
Can you tell that it's International Observe the Moon Night?
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I did sneak outside to observe her
#ObserveTheMoonNight
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4 months ago
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Simeon Schmauß
4 months ago
This photo from the Perseverance rover captured in early March, may be my favorite Mars image from this year. It shows Mars' smaller moon Deimos over the hills of the Nili Planum region in the dark skies before dawn. 🔭 Full res:
flic.kr/p/2rwUwV7
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Simeon Schmauß
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4 months ago
Curiosity Blog, Sols 4668-4674: Winding Our Way Along by Alex Innanen, Atmospheric Scientist at York University
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#Mars
@transmartian.bsky.social
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Trains can pass at any time, a passing train told me
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4 months ago
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You may need to turn up your phone brightness for this one
4 months ago
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Diana Hayes 🇨🇦
5 months ago
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Diana Hayes 🇨🇦
5 months ago
The full version of this mosaic (in "white-balanced" colours) is now available on the JPL Photojournal:
photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA2...
(You'll definitely want to click the link to fully appreciate the incredible detail!) Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS
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If you feel like making the trek out to the Lämpiö foyer (near Neptune) this evening, you can chat with me about clouds at L32!
#EPSCDPS2025
5 months ago
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Engaged in some light lunar eclipse spotting on the first night of
#EPSCDPS2025
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5 months ago
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6 months ago
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6 months ago
Curiosity Blog, Sols 4624-4626: A Busy Weekend at the Boxwork Written by Alex Innanen, Atmospheric Scientist at York University, Toronto, Canada
@transmartian.bsky.social
Earth planning date: Friday, Aug. 8, 2025
science.nasa.gov/blog/curiosi...
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Curiosity Blog, Sols 4624-4626: A Busy Weekend at the Boxwork - NASA Science
Written by Alex Innanen, Atmospheric Scientist at York University
https://science.nasa.gov/blog/curiosity-blog-sols-4624-4626-a-busy-weekend-at-the-boxwork/
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If nothing else being up at 5 will let you see planets
6 months ago
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Abigail Fraeman
6 months ago
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Our JPL engineers continue to blow my mind with their talent. Squeezing every drop of science out of our wonderful rover that we can! (h/t to
@dougellison.bsky.social
for making my late night request to acquire this Navcam postcard a reality. The view was too good!)
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Marking 13 Years on Mars, NASA’s Curiosity Picks Up New Skills - NASA
New capabilities allow the rover to do science with less energy from its batteries.
https://www.nasa.gov/missions/mars-science-laboratory/curiosity-rover/marking-13-years-on-mars-nasas-curiosity-picks-up-new-skills/
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Gender Census
6 months ago
The 12th annual international Gender Census 2025 is now open until at least 30th August 2025!
survey.gendercensus.com
It's for anyone whose gender (or lack thereof) isn't described by the M/F binary. It's short and easy, and results are useful in academia, business and self-advocacy.
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Diana Hayes 🇨🇦
7 months ago
Sometimes a group meeting can be seven grad students, three undergrads, a postdoc, and their advisor all working on Mariner 4 inspired art. (Original image:
photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA2...
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7 months ago
Curiosity Blog, Sols 4602-4603: On Top of the Ridge Written by Alex Innanen, Atmospheric Scientist at York University, Toronto, Canada Earth planning date: Wednesday, July 16, 2025
@transmartian.bsky.social
science.nasa.gov/blog/curiosi...
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Curiosity Blog, Sols 4602-4603: On Top of the Ridge - NASA Science
Written by Alex Innanen, Atmospheric Scientist at York University
https://science.nasa.gov/blog/curiosity-blog-sols-4602-4603-on-top-of-the-ridge/
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Lunchtime companion
7 months ago
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Eli saying "why is transgender uniquely an identity that cannot be spoken of historically" really sums up neatly why I love your trans history episodes so much!
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7 months ago
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Diana Hayes 🇨🇦
7 months ago
They don't want you to know this, but this is actually what the ideal Mars mission looks like.
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Solstice sunset, sped up 5x
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8 months ago
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Frost!!! ❄️
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Curiosity Blog, Sols 4570-4572: A Fond Farewell, With a Side of Frost - NASA Science
Written by Alex Innanen, Atmospheric Scientist at York University
https://science.nasa.gov/blog/curiosity-blog-sols-4570-4572-a-fond-farewell-with-a-side-of-frost/
8 months ago
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Now that it's been properly proofread and all, everyone welcome to the world my latest
#PlanetaryScience
paper where I take a sharp turn from atmospheric water vapour into the more murky world of martian methane...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Variability of Methane Plumes at an Arctic Analogue Site with Implications for Martian Exploration
We examine local variations in methane concentration on short time scales at two sites in the Canadian arctic. Gypsum Hill Springs and Wolf Spring are…
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0094576525003212
8 months ago
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8 months ago
New research from
@transmartian.bsky.social
hot off the presses! Using measurements of methane in the Canadian Arctic, Alex showed that variability in methane concentration is a better predictor than absolute concentration of how far away you are from a source:
york-pvl.blogspot.com/2025/06/unra...
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Unravelling Martian Methane Mysteries in the Canadian Arctic
An image of our ABB methane detector deployed on Axel-Heiberg Island in Nunavut. Alex's work here showed that the variability in a measured ...
https://york-pvl.blogspot.com/2025/06/unravelling-martian-methane-mysteries.html
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Please CSA, my creation demands a name
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