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Justin Filiberto @planetaryrocks.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

My favorite take away is if you think you need to ram a car, ram the car...

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Justin Filiberto @planetaryrocks.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

This is my favorite training!!! No one believes me about it until the take it. But it is so memorable...

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Justin Filiberto @planetaryrocks.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

Word cloud of titles of papers. 2018 (left) vs. Today (right). So much of my scientific focus has changed and expanded in the last 7 years.

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Justin Filiberto @planetaryrocks.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

"This review describes the scientific context of AVENGERS, details the selection criteria for terrestrial analog sites, and summarizes a set of suitable locations. Methodological approaches in analog studies that support the interpretation of Venus observations are also discussed."

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Justin Filiberto @planetaryrocks.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

To quote piero: "In a world often divided, I hope that iniatives like AVENGERS can remind us of the power of science to unite people across borders, disciplines, and generations — all in the shared quest to understand our place in the universe."

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Justin Filiberto @planetaryrocks.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

The initiative also aims to act as a bridge across scientists around the world and teams for the upcoming fleet of missions.

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Justin Filiberto @planetaryrocks.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

Our newest paper lead by piero d'incecco was published today about The Avengers Initiative. The paper investigates active volcanoes on Earth to use as analogs for investigating potentially active volcanoes on Venus and exoplanets.

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Jeff Foust @jfoust.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

What's more newsworthy: a NASA briefing about analysis of a Mars rock sampled by Perseverance, or that the briefing will include Sean Duffy, who has not participated in any NASA pressers since being named acting administrator 2 months ago? www.nasa.gov/news-release...

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NASA to Share Details of New Perseverance Mars Rover Finding - NASA

NASA will host a media teleconference at 11 a.m. EDT Wednesday, Sept. 10, to discuss the analysis of a rock sampled by the agency’s Perseverance Mars rover

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Justin Filiberto @planetaryrocks.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

Its the best time of the year...#mincup25

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Justin Filiberto @planetaryrocks.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

In the process of writing, I gained a bunch of coauthors and shifted the topic. BUT in the end, it is an integrated look at the evidence for active volcanism on Venus with important lessons learned for future missions and investigations. (2/4)

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Justin Filiberto @planetaryrocks.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

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)

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Justin Filiberto @planetaryrocks.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

Took the day off work to spend with my daughter and ended up doing science kits all day. Crystal trees, gemstone soaps, and a dinosaur display (plants will grow in soon)

Bright colored trees with different colored crystals growing on them.

Plastic case with 5 soaps shaped as gemstones. Blue, green, red, blue, and purple - clockwise from the far left.

Dinosaur display with a small volcano in the center and a blue pond on the bottom right. The ground is currently dirt with plants expected to grow in.

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Justin Filiberto @planetaryrocks.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

This pillow princess turns 9 today. Happy birthday, Roxy 😀

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Justin Filiberto @planetaryrocks.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

I stopped submitting there a few years ago as I had a series of papers that the ae and reviewers all liked but the editor rejected it with a similar reason to your experience. All papers got published in other similarly ranked journals. Go find a different journal 😀

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Justin Filiberto @planetaryrocks.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

Yup. Julia has a PhD student finishing up on that. He presented at lpsc in 2024 and we have a paper almost ready to submit.

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Justin Filiberto @planetaryrocks.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

Venus is awesome and weird. We did not expect this when we started modeling. It was an supposed to be a simple intern project to calculate metamorphic mineralogy. But the surface of Venus is so hot and high pressure that under any reasonable geothermal gradient, weird things happen quickly at depth.

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Justin Filiberto @planetaryrocks.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

New paper out today showing that the crustal thickness of Venus is likely constrained by metamorphism. Too thick and the crust either remelts or delaminates. 30 to 40 km works best with the models. 🧪⚒️🌋⛏️🛰🚀

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NASA 🔴 Image of the Day (Unofficial) @nasa-daily.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

Sep 24, 2024: Salvador Martinez III shares his inspiring journey from humble beginnings to leading the OSIRIS-REx mission at NASA. www.nasa.gov/image-article/lead-astromaterial-curation-engineer-salvador-martinez-iii/

Lead Astromaterial Curation Engineer Salvador Martinez III smiles at the camera wearing a plaid shirt inside the OSIRIS REx Lab. Credit: NASA/James Blair; NASA/Thalia Patrinos

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Justin Filiberto @planetaryrocks.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

I loved teaching phase diagrams. They are sooooo much fun 😁

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Justin Filiberto @planetaryrocks.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

Yes we do state that...almost in those words :-)

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Justin Filiberto @planetaryrocks.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

Submitted. It's been a while since I've done that. But I submitted a first author paper today. It's an invited review that's about a year delayed. But it feels great to have it submitted. 15 coauthors, 14 figures, and about 50 pages single spaced. All about whether Venus has active volcanoes. 🌋 ⛏️⚒️🧪

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Justin Filiberto @planetaryrocks.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

Here are my two goofballs. Hugs to you and thoughts with Hudson.

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Astronomy 🔴 Gallery @astronomy-gallery.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Aster Cowart (@terrasabaea.bsky.social) on Flickr (May 11, 2015) A detailed view of Mt. Stimson from the Sol 962 MastCam panorama. flic.kr/p/sHvA3T

A cropped portion of the MastCam panorama showing Mt. Stimson on Mars. Credit: NASA; JPL; MSSS; Justin Cowart; Aster Cowart

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Andy Rivkin @asrivkin.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Gift NYT article from @squigglyvolcano.bsky.social featuring some info about 2024 YR4, with quotes from some of your favorite planetary defenders, and also me. #PlanetaryScience 🔭🧪

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Tod Lauer @todlauer.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Warning issued: 1.3% chance of a 40- 90 meter asteroid impact on December 22, 2032: iawn.net/documents/NO...

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Justin Filiberto @planetaryrocks.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

We made a texas snow person...the dogs were not amused by the snow

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Justin Filiberto @planetaryrocks.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Poor girl is going to the vet today to get her teeth cleaned.

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Justin Filiberto @planetaryrocks.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

Reposting. Please donate to help our jpl colleagues if you can afford to help.

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Justin Filiberto @planetaryrocks.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

Thinking of all my friends and colleagues at jpl today. Over 150 have lost their homes and it's not over. If you can afford to help, jpl is collecting money to help colleagues in need caltech.imodules.com/controls/ema...

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Satellite imagery captured by MAXAR showing the extent of the Eaton Fire in North Pasadena and Altadena.

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Justin Filiberto @planetaryrocks.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

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Satellite imagery captured by MAXAR showing the extent of the Eaton Fire in North Pasadena and Altadena.

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Justin Filiberto @planetaryrocks.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

Someone was cold on his walk and much happier being carried home

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Justin Filiberto @planetaryrocks.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

Gorgeous day before the cold front hits. So out playing pokemon with my kid.

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Justin Filiberto @planetaryrocks.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

I made a new figure today for a paper I've been working on. It's the most productive science I've done in ages. I'm excited to finally get this paper submitted...hopefully this month. It's a massive review paper that I had originally said would be submitted Dec 2023...

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Justin Filiberto @planetaryrocks.bsky.social · 30/12/2024

Back in the office today for my probably only productive week of January. Trying to finish a review paper about venus that was originally due December 2023....

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Justin Filiberto @planetaryrocks.bsky.social · 25/12/2024

'Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse; The stockings were hung by the chimney with care, In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there;' “Happy Christmas to all, and to all a good night!”

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Justin Filiberto @planetaryrocks.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

My daughter got her wish, ❄️ snow on 🎄 christmas eve morning

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Justin Filiberto @planetaryrocks.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

My happy place this morning. Complete with snow flurries.

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