Planetary Scientist @ University of Leicester. STFC Ernest Rutherford Fellow. Editor of JGR Planets. Lead Scientist of ESA M7 candidate M-MATISSE
Leicester, England
Joined October 2020
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Beatriz Sánchez-Cano retweeted
News | Prestigious Institute of Physics award for University of Leicester initiative with local schools
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#CitizensOfChange | @PhysicsUoL @PhysicsNews
✨✨Paper alert!✨✨ this new @esascience Mars Express study led by me, identifies solar radio bursts at Mars. Every new observation point matters, and Mars provides a unique window to track how these bursts evolve across the heliosphere and beyond Earth.
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Asteroids named after scientists to recognise work bbc.in/4dLIRWw
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🪐 Their names are now part of the Solar System.
Leicester planetary scientists Dr Beatriz Sánchez-Cano & Dr Daniel Sheward have had asteroids officially named after them by the International Astronomical Union.
20685 Sánchez-Cano.
20713 Sheward.
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A successful Earth flyby improves Juice’s course to Jupiter.
Earlier today, @ESA_Juice flew just 8640 km above the Indian Ocean and snapped these images with its onboard monitoring cameras.
1️⃣Africa, by Juice monitoring camera 2️⃣Madagascar, by Juice NavCam
3️⃣Moon, by Juice NavCam
ALT Mostly black space, most of Earth visible at the top right of the image. Part of a spacecraft visible on the left.
ALT Part of the island of Madagascar in black and white.
ALT A crescent Moon, with about a quarter of the Moon showing. Many craters are visible.
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Space Park Leicester has been highlighted in The Times & The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2027.
The Guide recognises Leicester’s longstanding strengths in space research and highlights Space Park’s potential to contribute £750m to the UK space sector over the next decade.
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During our 4th encounter with Mercury in September 2024, the SIXS instrument revealed the bombardment of a large fraction of Mercury's surface by highly energetic particles originating at the Sun. Published in Nature Astronomy.
#BepiColombo
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What a remarkable two weeks it has been: sharing results from three missions, joining the celebrations around @BepiColombo separation, presenting at #Mercury2026, and exchanging ideas with the planetary community at #EPSC2026. Busy days!
✨✨paper alert✨✨ Planetary shielding and surface precipitation of solar energetic particles during @BepiColombo ‘s close Mercury flyby led by Emilia Kilpua
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📢 Attending @europlanetmedia #EPSC2026?
Want to know more about @JGRPlanets, the peer-review process, and tips for publishing with us? Join me next Tuesday for a meet-and-greet. Whether you're an early-career researcher or an experienced author, everyone is welcome!
I’ve not seen this one in a very long time…! I made this plot when I was a postdoc and somehow I found it today on a teaching/meeting room at @uniofleicester. Fun!
For those of you thinking what were “those fires” at the Sun, here the satelite observations of the “fires” 😍, they came from Active Regions at the Sun, where the magic of my work starts 😍
A few shots from yesterday’s amazing eclipse. 📸 Captured with an iPhone 13 (aging gracefully!) and my brother’s trusty Nikon Coolpix P900 bird-watching camera. As good as the photos are, nothing matched seeing it in person.
What a pleasure to chat with Sue Bowler for the @RoyalAstroSoc about my career so far, the people and missions that have inspired me, and the excitement of exploring our Solar System. 🌍➡️🔴
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Like many colleagues across our community, I’m dismayed by these cuts. The UK should be building on its scientific strengths, not retreating from them, especially as a new government and new science minister seek to define the country’s future ambitions.
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