Just in case you are wondering what I got so excited about this week!

Happy start of the Holiday Season. Enjoy the treats of the season.

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...

time.com/7323640/25-i... Shout out to all, who made it happen! 13 years and counting!

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

Congratulations!

👀 incoming Mastcam mosaic / Stereo3D view of this most peculiar rock. Stay tuned! rkinnett.github.io/roverpics/?m... @rkinnett.bsky.social #Mars 🧪 #PlanetSci

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

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 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 🧪🔭

Peace and love from planet Mars (Curiosity NavCam imaging from the afternoon of Sol 4623, August 8, 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)

Happy Landiversary Curiosity. <3 science.nasa.gov/blog/curiosi...

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.

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

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

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 🧪🔭

Not often that I find myself highlighted!

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 🧪🔭

First sign of winter being over!

heyzine.com/flip-book/b0..., what a journey! Thanks to all who travelled with us!

The current workspace in front of the Mars Curiosity Rover following its Sol 4450 drive this week. flic.kr/p/2qLyMsU

What do clouds on Mars look like? www.space.com/the-universe...

Just a normal day on Mars.... Go, Curiosity, go! science.nasa.gov/blog/sols-44...

New year, new paper! www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Sols 4398-4401: Holidays Ahead, Rocks Under the Wheels by Susanne Schwenzer @spsmars.bsky.social science.nasa.gov/blog/sols-43... 🧪 #planetaryscience #Mars

Curiosity around the corner? Soon! science.nasa.gov/blog/sols-43...

So, I saw the article in Science this morning about Bluesky... and here I am looking for fellow #Mars researchers!