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Daniel Pomarède
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Cosmographer at Univ. Paris-Saclay | mapping the Universe | co-discoverer of Laniakea (our home supercluster of galaxies), Hoʻoleilana, and some other (very) large scale structures
📖 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2038-0488
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Daniel Pomarède @pomarede.bsky.social · Nov 16
Martian robot spinning her turret!

A video sequence captured by the Perseverance rover using her Right Mastcam-Z science Camera on Jan. 27, 2024 (Sol 1044). The full sequence, accelerated here, actually took 3 minutes.
Credit images: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU
Reposted by Daniel Pomarède
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#NASA's #Mars #Curiosity rover

2026-02-09 Sol 4803: Mast Camera (Mastcam)

mars.nasa.gov/raw_images/1...

NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS /j. Roger
February 10, 2026 at 6:48 PM
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Artist's view of the Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) mission during MOI (Martian Orbit Insertion)

ℹ️ www.mmx.jaxa.jp/en/
📷 jda.jaxa.jp/result.php?l...

Credit: JAXA 🧪🔭 #MMX #JAXA
The MMX spacecraft approaching Phobos, thrusters on, with the red planet in background
February 10, 2026 at 4:59 PM
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Hubble has captured a new view of the Egg Nebula 🥚 the first, youngest, and closest pre-planetary nebula ever discovered!

Discover more about the light show around this rapidly dying star 👉 www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed...

🔭 🧪
In the centre an opaque cloud of grey gas hides a star. Two strong beams of light from the star emerge from large holes in both sides of the cloud. The central cloud is surrounded by concentric, wispy shells of gas, illuminated by the star’s light. The shells reflect extra light where they’re hit by the twin beams. A crowd of smaller stars with cross-shaped spikes over them surround the nebula on a black background. Credit:ESA/Hubble & NASA, B. Balick (University of Washington
February 10, 2026 at 3:05 PM
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Affiche rétro-futuriste Ariane 6 illustrée par Thomas Hayman. Modèle à quatre boosters.

maboutique.cnes.fr/fr/affiches-... @cnes.fr 🧪🔭
Affiche illustrant le modèle à quatre boosters de la fusée Ariane 6 s'élançant vers une galaxie spirale trônant au milieu d'un ciel étoilé.
February 10, 2026 at 10:51 AM
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🔴 'Scales' | #Mars #Perseverance Sol 1766: #WATSON Camera / enhanced

Feb. 7, 2026 (Sol 1766), 19:09:39

source image: Mars_Perseverance_SIF_1766_0823740874_722EBY_N0841192SRLC08062_0000LMJ

Image Credit: #NASA / #JPL-Caltech / Jackie Branc

#RedPlanet
Scales | Mars Perseverance Sol 1766: WATSON Camera / enhanced, NASA's Mars Perseverance rover acquired this image using its SHERLOC WATSON camera, located on the turret at the end of the rover's robotic arm. Feb. 7, 2026 (Sol 1766), 19:09:39 source image: Mars_Perseverance_SIF_1766_0823740874_722EBY_N0841192SRLC08062_0000LMJ Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Jackie Branc
February 9, 2026 at 12:08 PM
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🔴 #Mars #Perseverance Sol 1766: #WATSON Camera / enhanced

Feb. 7, 2026 (Sol 1766), 14:40:31

source image: Mars_Perseverance_SIF_1766_0823724283_386EBY_N0841192SRLC02503_0000LMJ

Image Credit: #NASA / #JPL-Caltech / Jackie Branc

#RedPlanet
Mars Perseverance Sol 1766: WATSON Camera / enhanced NASA's Mars Perseverance rover acquired this image using its SHERLOC WATSON camera, located on the turret at the end of the rover's robotic arm. Feb. 7, 2026 (Sol 1766), 14:40:31 source image: Mars_Perseverance_SIF_1766_0823724283_386EBY_N0841192SRLC02503_0000LMJ Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Jackie Branc
February 9, 2026 at 11:37 AM
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[RDV 16h !] Le programme DESI 🦆 mesure l’histoire de l'expansion de l'univers et interroge la constante cosmologique. Et si l’énergie noire variait au cours du temps ? 🌌
On en parle avec Pauline Zarrouk et Etienne Burtin #ScienceCQFD
www.radiofrance.fr/francecultur...
Energie noire : dans les yeux de DESI
Pour expliquer l’expansion de l’Univers et son accélération depuis 6 à 7 milliards d’années, l’hypothèse de l’énergie noire est avancée. Le programme DESI mesure l’histoire de cette expansion et inter...
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February 9, 2026 at 11:01 AM
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Mars Perseverance - Sol 1764

Enhanced ; not photometrically calibrated. Replacement of the sky. Several images.

Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/MSSS/Thomas Thomopoulos
February 9, 2026 at 6:38 AM
Reposted by Daniel Pomarède
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Mars Perseverance - Sol 1706

Enhanced ; not photometrically calibrated. Replacement of the sky. Several images.

Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/MSSS/Thomas Thomopoulos
February 9, 2026 at 8:01 AM
Reposted by Daniel Pomarède
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Nice Perseverance Mars pics here with current location on interactive NASA map at the link below 👇🔴 #Mars
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Perseverance: Sol 1765 Navcam and Hazcam images, and map freshly updated with current location

📷 areo.info/mars20/ecams... @areoinfo.bsky.social
🗺️ science.nasa.gov/mission/mars...

🧪🔭 #Mars
February 9, 2026 at 6:16 AM
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🔴 The Ring | #Mars #Perseverance

Sol 1764: L/L/R Mastcam-Z Cameras
enhanced mosaic panorama
Feb. 5, 2026 (Sol 1764), 12:15:52
source img: Mars_Perseverance_ZL0_1764_0823537809_159EBY_N0840000ZCAM09818_1100LMJ | _ZR0_1764_ | _0823537822_

Image Credit: #NASA/ #JPL-Caltech/ #ASU/ Jackie Branc

#ring
The Ring | Mars Perseverance Sol 1764: L/L/R Mastcam-Z Cameras enhanced mosaic panorama NASA's Mars Perseverance rover acquired this image using its Left Mastcam-Z camera. Mastcam-Z is a pair of cameras located high on the rover's mast. Feb. 5, 2026 (Sol 1764), 12:15:52 source images: Mars_Perseverance_ZL0_1764_0823537809_159EBY_N0840000ZCAM09818_1100LMJ | _ZR0_1764_ | _ZL0_1764_0823537822_ Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/Jackie Branc
February 8, 2026 at 10:56 PM
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Zeus, King of Birds and Gods

🔭 JWST Program 5552 - Mapping the distribution of ices in the host environments of protostellar hot corinos: www.stsci.edu/jwst-program...

target: JCC87-IRAS-4A, released: 2026-02-06
NASA, ESA, CSA, STSci/ #JWST NIRCam 480, 360, 200
target: JCC87-IRAS-4A, released: 2026-02-06, PI: J.Jorgensen, processed: C.Blanchard
February 7, 2026 at 7:11 PM
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NASA Study: Non-biologic Processes Don’t Fully Explain Mars Organics

In a new study, researchers say that non-biological sources they considered could not fully account for the abundance of organic compounds in a sample collected on Mars by Curiosity.

science.nasa.gov/blogs/scienc... #Mars 🧪🔭
NASA Study: Non-biologic Processes Don’t Fully Explain Mars Organics - NASA Science
In a new study, researchers say that non-biological sources they considered could not fully account for the abundance of organic compounds in a sample
science.nasa.gov
February 7, 2026 at 10:09 AM
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Perseverance: Sol 1765 Navcam and Hazcam images, and map freshly updated with current location

📷 areo.info/mars20/ecams... @areoinfo.bsky.social
🗺️ science.nasa.gov/mission/mars...

🧪🔭 #Mars
An ochre toned image of a Martian landscape with part of the Perseverance rover in the foreground. Navigation camera mage captured February 6, 2026. An ochre toned image of a Martian landscape with part of the Perseverance rover in the foreground. Navigation camera image captured February 6, 2026. Hazard avoidance camera image with a wheel of the rover to the left. A map featuring Perseverance's Sol 1765 location and path leading to that location.
February 7, 2026 at 9:58 AM
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Thanks to @iansample.bsky.social at the Guardian for covering the devastating funding cuts that are being proposed for UK (astro)physics, and the dire impact these would have on young researchers. Will UKRI/STFC reconsider? Will the UKGov step in?🤞👩‍🔬🧪⚛️🔭

www.theguardian.com/science/2026...
February 7, 2026 at 8:08 AM
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February 7, 2026 at 8:04 AM
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Berkeley Professor Walter Alvarez, who developed the theory that the dinosaurs were killed by an asteroid impact, stopped by SSL to present his research. We had a lively debate on the likely composition of the body that created the Chicxulub crater.
Prof. Lung S. Chan and Prof. Walter Alvarez, both of the Berkeley Department of Earth & Planetary Science, pose for a photo after a talk at the UC Berkeley Space Sciences Laboratory. Prof. Walter Alvarez of the Berkeley Department of Earth & Planetary Science delivering a presentation entitled The End of the Dinosaurs. Prof. Walter Alvarez of the Berkeley Department of Earth & Planetary Science delivering a presentation entitled The End of the Dinosaurs.
January 26, 2026 at 7:54 PM
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What's a Compton telescope? John Tomsick, PI of COSI, explains.
February 7, 2026 at 12:03 AM
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A mosaic of 88 Mastcam images captured yesterday by Perseverance

🔍 zoomhub.net/5r5D4

#Mars Feb. 5, 2026 - Sol 1764 🧪🔭
Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU
An ochre toned mosaic capturing a Martian landscape. An ochre toned image capturing a Martian landscape, with the rover's UHF antenna in the foreground to the right. An ochre toned image capturing a Martian landscape. An ochre toned image capturing a Martian landscape.
February 6, 2026 at 6:46 PM
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🔴 #Mars #Perseverance Sol 1763: R/R Navigation Camera
( #Navcam )

Feb. 4, 2026 (Sol 1763), 08:15:21

source images: Mars_Perseverance_NRF_1763_0823434218_747ECM_N0840000NCAM13762_01_195J | _02_195J

Image Credit: #NASA / #JPL-Caltech / Jackie Branc

#RedPlanet
🔴 #Mars #Perseverance Sol 1763: R/R Navigation Camera ( #Navcam ). NASA's Mars Perseverance rover acquired this image using its onboard Right Navigation Camera (Navcam). The camera is located high on the rover's mast and aids in driving. Feb. 4, 2026 (Sol 1763), 08:15:21 source images: Mars_Perseverance_NRF_1763_0823434218_747ECM_N0840000NCAM13762_01_195J | _02_195J Image Credit: #NASA / #JPL-Caltech / Jackie Branc #RedPlanet
February 6, 2026 at 6:13 PM
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Vous faites quoi pour la Saint Valentin ?

Et si vous rameniez votre date à une super conférence (il parait) sur notre place dans l'Univers ? 🫦

C'est le 14 février à 14h30 à Colomiers, à côté de Toulouse ⬇️

www.pavillonblanc-colomiers.fr/le-programme...
Rencontre avec Alice Thomas
Rencontre avec Alice Thomas, vulgarisatrice scientifique (Alice au pays des étoiles)
www.pavillonblanc-colomiers.fr
February 6, 2026 at 11:21 AM
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🚨 Exciting news! 🚨

Here is the first known picture of the 19th Century astronomer Richard Carrington – who had the largest geomagnetic storm in history named after him.

It was found by our assistant archivist Kate Bond thanks to some brilliant detective work.🕵️‍♀️ 👉️ ras.ac.uk/news-and-pre...
Richard Carrington.
February 2, 2026 at 3:06 PM
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Scientists have spent decades searching for the final resting place of Luna 9, the first spacecraft to soft-land on the moon. Now they’re on the cusp of finding it.

www.scientificamerican.com/article/wher... 🔭🧪
Have we solved the mystery of a long-lost Soviet spacecraft, Luna 9?
Scientists have spent decades searching for the final resting place of Luna 9, the first spacecraft to soft-land on the moon. Now they’re on the cusp of finding it
www.scientificamerican.com
February 6, 2026 at 9:04 AM
Reposted by Daniel Pomarède
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NASA’s SPHEREx Mission Tracks Brightening of Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS

science.nasa.gov/blogs/sphere...

Credit images: NASA/JPL-Caltech

#3IATLAS #SPHEREx 🧪🔭
Observations by NASA’s SPHEREx showing the infrared light emitted by the dust, water, organic molecules, and carbon dioxide contained within comet 3I/ATLAS’s coma during the mission’s December 2025 campaign.
February 5, 2026 at 10:56 AM