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Dr. Anna Gülcher @planetaryanna.bsky.social · Nov 9

Re-introducing:

Hi all, I'm Anna - an #Earth ⚒️ and #Planetary 🪐 scientist working on the interior dynamics rocky planets🌋, and active in #scicomm 🧪

Currently at NASA JPL/Caltech; soon back in Europe for a new position (stay tuned..)

Part of NASA/ESA #VERITAS & #EnVision space missions 🚀 🔭

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Dr Robin George Andrews @squigglyvolcano.bsky.social · Sep 15

NEW: It was a delight to contribute to @quantamagazine.bsky.social's stunning new series on climate science! Naturally, my story tended apocalyptic: will Earth ever become a climate hellhole like Venus, the most extreme world in the solar system?

www.quantamagazine.org/why-is-venus...

Why Is Venus Hell and Earth an Eden? | Quanta Magazine

A team of scientists has investigated how Earth’s twin became so inhospitable, and whether the same will happen to our planet.

www.quantamagazine.org

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ESA Space Science @science.esa.int · Sep 12

Venus is a Solar System enigma.

Although Venus is similar in size and distance from the Sun to Earth, it has evolved very differently from our planet.

Our #Envision mission will aim to solve some of the puzzle by thoroughly studying our closest neighbour.
www.esa.int/Science_Expl... 🔭

Top five Venus mysteries Envision will solve

Venus is a Solar System enigma. Similar in size to Earth and orbiting the Sun at a similar distance, it is remarkable how the two planets evolved so differently. While conditions on Earth allowed life...

www.esa.int

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European Geosciences Union (EGU) @egu.eu · Jul 31

The call for #session #proposals for the #EGU26 General Assembly is now open!
Submit short course ideas and/or proposals for Union Symposia and Great Debates by 16 September 2025.

👉 Submit your proposals here: egu.eu/60GYS7

Image description: A crowded conference hall with attendees. With text reading:" The call for session proposals for #EGU26 is now open! Apply by September 16, 2025."

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Joe O'Rourke @geojgo.bsky.social · Jul 28

ASU SESE is hiring an Assistant Teaching Professor in Astrophysics: apply.interfolio.com/170951 🧑‍🏫 🔭

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Dr. Anna Gülcher @planetaryanna.bsky.social · Jul 21

A university with its own wine, sounds like the place to be! @uni-freiburg.de

Dr. Anna Gülcher @planetaryanna.bsky.social · Jul 2

(4/4)🛰️ Diverse tectonic #activity is revealed at 52 Venus coronae based on topography and gravity; the VERITAS mission may uncover hundreds more:
doi.org/10.1126/scia... #ScienceAdvances

Dr. Anna Gülcher @planetaryanna.bsky.social · Jul 2

(3/4) 🌋 Our new Venus coronae #database, open to all, includes 740 structures — the most ever catalogued — and identifies several morphological subsets:
doi.org/10.1029/2024... #JGRplanets

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Dr. Anna Gülcher @planetaryanna.bsky.social · Jul 2

(2/4) 🚀 The #first 3D geodynamic models of Venus rift tectonics reveal 5 modes of rifting. Venus' rifts may be active and shaped by evolving or laterally variable lithospheric and crustal properties:
doi.org/10.1016/j.ep... #EPSL

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Dr. Anna Gülcher @planetaryanna.bsky.social · Jul 2

It has been an exciting few months with several publications out #OpenAccess! Curious about some of the latest #Venus science? Take a look: (1/4)

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João C. Duarte @joaocduarte.bsky.social · Jun 15

We are pleased to invite you to the Online School “Introduction to Geodynamic Modelling”. The event is organized by the COST Action EUROBIG and hosted by the Institute of Geological Sciences, Polish Academy of Sciences.

Registration is open until 15 July 2025:
forms.gle/1fCQ72yYYqS2...

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Alejandro Soto @soto.space · Jun 10

If you are interested in supporting NASA science and exploration, and saving it from capricious budget cuts, here's one thing you can do: sign this petition being sent to Senate and House members of their respective appropriations committees. Two days left to sign!

www.planetary.org/advocacy-act...

Advocacy Action Center

The Planetary Society is organizing a new space constituency that is educated, empowered, and loud.

www.planetary.org

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Paul Byrne @theplanetaryguy.bsky.social · May 30

We're going to learn some tough stuff today about the White House's proposed budget for fiscal year 2026—including what they have in mind for NASA.

I'll share what I hear, but remember:

CONGRESS decides how much money NASA gets, not the White House.

So whatever happens today, the fight continues.

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Joshua Weitz @joshuasweitz.bsky.social · May 31

How bad will it be? Catastrophic.

Proposed cuts to #NSF, #NIH, and #NASA will set the US R&D landscape back 25 yrs+, cause economic and job loss now, and undermine innovations to come.

But, this is the WH's *proposed* budget.

Speak up now before it is too late.

(inflation adjusted $-s below)

NSF, NASA and NIH budgets per year, inflation adjusted from 2000-2025 along with the proposed cuts. NSF includes research component only. Massive cuts across all sectors, well below support spanning 25 years.

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Casey Dreier @caseydreier.bsky.social · May 20

Write and urge your Senators to co-sign Mark Kelly's letter supporting NASA science: planet.ly/senateletter

Deadline is FRIDAY.

Advocacy Action Center

The Planetary Society is organizing a new space constituency that is educated, empowered, and loud.

planet.ly

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Elise Cutts @elisecutts.bsky.social · May 14

The study was posted today in Science Advances and was co-led by @unibe.ch researcher @planetaryanna.bsky.social and University of Maryland Baltimore County + NASA Goddard researcher Gael Cascioli.

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

A spectrum of tectonic processes at coronae on Venus revealed by gravity and topography

Gravity and topography data reveal diverse mantle activity styles beneath Venus’ coronae and potentially hidden signals.

www.science.org

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Universität Bern @unibe.ch · May 15

Ein #unibern und #NASA Team zeigt, dass das Innere der #Venus nicht wie ursprünglich angenommen tektonisch «tot» ist.
Viele der riesigen ringförmigen Strukturen auf der Venus weisen auf tektonische Prozesse unter der Oberfläche hin: mediarelations.unibe.ch/medienmittei...

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Universität Bern @unibe.ch · May 15

🔎🌌 A #unibern and #NASA team shows that the interior of #Venus is not tectonically "dead" as originally thought.

⭕ Many of the huge ring-shaped structures on Venus hint at #tectonic processes beneath the surface 👇:

mediarelations.unibe.ch/media_releas...

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Dr. Anna Gülcher @planetaryanna.bsky.social · May 8

Yes, the image automatically linked to the JGR:Planet's website is that of the journal's cover - not the paper, cannot adapt it!

Dr. Anna Gülcher @planetaryanna.bsky.social · May 8

Previously published #Venus coronae databases, however, remain inaccessible to the public and/or incomplete -- our new database uses clear ID criteria to define 740 (!!) corona features on Venus, which is much higher than ever reported!
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...

Dr. Anna Gülcher @planetaryanna.bsky.social · May 8

"#Coronae" are defined by a (partial) quasi-circular ring of closely spaced concentric fractures. They are hugely abundant on #Venus' surface and considered key for Venus' tectonic and volcanic history ⚒️🌋
doi.org/10.1029/2024...

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Dr. Anna Gülcher @planetaryanna.bsky.social · May 8

New paper: doi.org/10.1029/2024... ⚒️🔭🧪🌋🪐
"Coronae on Venus: An updated global database and insights into morphology, spatial distribution, geological setting, and lithospheric properties"
presents a new, publicly available database of 740 corona structures on #Venus, much more than ever recorded!

Coronae on Venus: An Updated Global Database and Insights Into Morphology, Spatial Distribution, Geological Setting, and Lithospheric Properties

We establish 740 corona structures on the surface of Venus using clear identification criteria, exceeding the number of previously cataloged coronae Several subsets of corona (-like) structures a...

doi.org

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Dr. Anna Gülcher @planetaryanna.bsky.social · Apr 27

You know where to find me.. :) #EGU25 @egu.eu #conference ☀️

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Stephen Kane @exocytherean.bsky.social · Apr 19

We have the opportunity to do incredible things as a civilization and learn invaluable lessons from our sister planet. Let us not waste these opportunities!
www.forbes.com/sites/bruced...

Trump’s NASA Cuts Would Decimate U.S. Venus Science

President Trump’s preliminary NASA budget cuts would obliterate years of progress on planned Venus space missions and research, says prominent planetary astrophysicist.

www.forbes.com

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Alejandro Soto @soto.space · Apr 11

Here's one way you can fight for NASA science: contacting your representatives using this tool from the Planetary Society.

www.planetary.org/advocacy-act...

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Advocacy Action Center

The Planetary Society is organizing a new space constituency that is educated, empowered, and loud.

www.planetary.org

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Thorsten Becker @thwbecker.bsky.social · Apr 1

We are rebooting the biannual computational geoscience and geoydnamics meeting - please join this CIG sponsored event in Breckenridge CO this summer - EC support available.

geodynamics.org/events/detai...

Geodynamics - Events: Details: 2025 CIG Community Workshop

Geodynamics - Community-driven organization advancing Earth science by providing the infrastructure for the development and dissemination of software for geophysics and related fields.

geodynamics.org

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