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Bryce Bolin

@brycebolin.bsky.social
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Research scientist at Eureka, Scientific. Small bodies of the Solar System. Avid paraglider pilot and traveler.

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Bryce Bolin @brycebolin.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Comet C/2025 K1 Caught in Color! noirlab.edu/public/image...
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Comet C/2025 K1 Caught in Color!
Comet C/2025 K1 Caught in Color!
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Bryce Bolin @brycebolin.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Lunar eclipse 2026 August 27th, seen with a 70 mm refractor.
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Bryce Bolin @brycebolin.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Total eclipse viewed near Ariza, Spain, with a 70 mm refractor, 2026 August 12, 20:30 CEST.
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Bryce Bolin @brycebolin.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
"Gemini North Spots the Changing Comet 3I/ATLAS": noirlab.edu/public/image...
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Gemini North Spots the Changing Comet 3I/ATLAS
Gemini North Spots the Changing Comet 3I/ATLAS
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Bryce Bolin @brycebolin.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
2026 January Gemini imaging and spectroscopic monitoring of 3I/ATLAS: astronomerstelegram.org?read=17841
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Bryce Bolin @brycebolin.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Webb sniffs methane from interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS: www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed...
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Webb sniffs methane from interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS
Webb's MIRI image of the interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS in three different light wavelengths
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Bryce Bolin @brycebolin.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
Check out this fantastic Planetary Radio by Sarah Al-Ahmed about the 100-year history of the Los Angeles Astronomical Society: www.planetary.org/planetary-ra...
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Los Angeles Astronomical Society celebrates 100 years of looking up
The Los Angeles Astronomical Society is one of the oldest and largest amateur astronomy clubs in the United States, and this year it’s turning one…
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Bryce Bolin @brycebolin.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-ne...
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Astronomers Find Atmosphere Around a Pluto-like World
Observations — including from an amateur astronomer — show that the Plutino 2002 XV93 has a thin wisp of air around it.
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Bryce Bolin @brycebolin.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
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Interstellar Comet Reveals Methane on its Journey through our Solar System
A new study examines the gas emissions from the third-ever detected interstellar object, comet 3I/ATLAS.
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Bryce Bolin @brycebolin.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
I will be giving the Doc Morris Public Lecture at San Diego State University this Friday, "Exploration Of Interstellar Visitors and what they Reveal About Extrasolar Systems". The event is open to the public, so feel free to join us! physics.sdsu.edu/exploration-...
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Bryce Bolin @brycebolin.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Tatsumi, de León, & Popescu 2026, "Hayabusa2# enstatite-like target 1998 KY26 originating from the Nysa family", A&A: www.aanda.org/articles/aa/...
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Alexandra Witze @alexwitze.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Like many science journalists this week, I'll covering the #ArtemisII mission for @nature.com. Our first story is now up! We explore the science that the astronauts will do on their flight — and how this advances beyond the Apollo era. 🧪🔭 www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Artemis II mission is about to fly humans to the Moon — here’s the science they’ll do
Set to lift off this week, the NASA flight will take astronauts around the Moon for the first time in more than 50 years.
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Bryce Bolin @brycebolin.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Congratulations to El Moutamid et al! MPEC F170: Numbering of regular satellite Uranus XXVIII www.minorplanetcenter.net/mpec/K26/K26...
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MPEC 2026-F170 : Numbering of regular satellite Uranus XXVIII
We are the official body that deals with astrometric observations and orbits of minor planets (asteroids) and comets.
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Bryce Bolin @brycebolin.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
ATel #17719: December 2025 Gemini spectroscopic and photometric constraints on the activity and gas contents of 3I/ATLAS: www.astronomerstelegram.org?read=17719
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Bryce Bolin @brycebolin.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
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New NASA Asteroid Observations Eliminate Chance of 2032 Lunar Impact - NASA Science
Using data from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope observations collected on Feb. 18 and 26, experts from NASA’s Center for Near-Earth Object Studies at the
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shadowscientists.bsky.social @shadowscientists.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Join Bryce Bolin & Laura-May Abron for a solar system triple feature, LIVE from Maunakea w/ Keck/MOSFIRE 🔭✨ 🔹 Session 1: Feb 5 | 7:30 PM HST | Feb 6 | 5:30 AM UT ucsc.zoom.us/meeting/regi... 🔹 Session 2: Feb 6 | 8:00 PM HST | Feb 7 | 6:00 AM UT ucsc.zoom.us/meeting/regi... @brycebolin.bsky.social
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Bryce Bolin @brycebolin.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Gemini North Catches Crumbling Comet C/2025 K1 (ATLAS): noirlab.edu/public/es/im...
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Gemini Norte captura al cometa C/2025 K1 (ATLAS) rompiéndose en pedazos
Gemini Norte captura al cometa C/2025 K1 (ATLAS) rompiéndose en pedazos
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Bryce Bolin @brycebolin.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
"JWST NIRCam detection of secondary fragmentation in C/2025 K1-C (ATLAS)": www.astronomerstelegram.org?read=17598
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Bryce Bolin @brycebolin.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
JWST observations of C/2025 K1 are happening now: spacetelescopelive.org/webb?obsId=0... Go James Webb, go!
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Bryce Bolin @brycebolin.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
Happy New Year, everyone! Gemini multi-band follow-up of fragmenting Oort cloud comet C/2025 K1 (ATLAS) www.astronomerstelegram.org?read=17570
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Bryce Bolin @brycebolin.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
A Gemini post-perihelion view of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS: www.astronomerstelegram.org?read=17561
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Bryce Bolin @brycebolin.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
Meet Dr. Larry Denneau, the discoverer of the interstellar object 3I/ATLAS: www.space.com/astronomy/co...
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Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS wasn't supposed to be there — meet the astronomer who discovered it
Dr. Larry Denneau of the University of Hawaii is nothing like your typical astronomer.
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Bryce Bolin @brycebolin.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS has a post-perihelion greenish glow in time for the holidays :) noirlab.edu/public/news/...
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Gemini North Color Images Reveal Greenish Glow of Comet 3I/ATLAS - Community observing program Shadow the Scientists took the public on a second tour of the famous interstellar visitor with live obser...
Gemini North captured new images of Comet 3I/ATLAS after it reemerged from behind the Sun on its path out of the Solar System. The data were collected during a Shadow the Scientists session — a unique...
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Luke Dones @lukemeister.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
We're all big fans! ;) Observations by @brycebolin.bsky.social et al.
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Bryce Bolin @brycebolin.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
www.space.com/astronomy/co...
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I watched scientists track interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS leaving the solar system in real-time: 'This is some prime-time science'
"These images are not just pretty."
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Bryce Bolin @brycebolin.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
Our team recently won Director's time to study the fragmenting comet C/2025 K1: www.stsci.edu/jwst-program... Image credits Gianluca Masi: www.virtualtelescope.eu/2025/11/29/c...
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Bryce Bolin @brycebolin.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
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Nov 26, 2025: Exploring Comet 3I/ATLAS - A Rare Encounter with an Interstellar Visitor
YouTube video by Shadow the Scientists
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Bryce Bolin @brycebolin.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
We are on for observing 3I/ATLAS! The weather forecast is looking great! Sign up to watch the observations happen live on November 26, 9:00 AM EST! ucsc.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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Bryce Bolin @brycebolin.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Live tonight at the Leonard Nimoy Event Horizon Theater! Come to Griffith Observatory and see my talk about Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS! Or, tune in live here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=hghv... Starts at 7:00 PM PST.
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Bryce Bolin @brycebolin.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
I’ll be this month’s guest on Griffith Observatory’s All Space Considered on Thursday, November 20, 2025, 7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. PST. You can see the event live at the Leonard Nimoy Event Horizon Theater or tune in online. Information here: griffithobservatory.org/event/all-sp...
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Bryce Bolin @brycebolin.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
By the way, if you are curious, Gemini Observatory and Shadow the Scientist are teaming up to present a livestream of the observation of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS on November 25th. Feel free to sign up and watch the observations take place in real time. ucsc.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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Bryce Bolin @brycebolin.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
Woohoo! Go @JWSTObserver! Observing Oort cloud comet C/2014 UN271! www.stsci.edu/jwst-program...
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Bryce Bolin @brycebolin.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
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An interstellar object is passing through our solar system. This UC program says to stay calm and carry on
The Shadow the Scientists initiative at UC Santa Cruz strives to demystify astronomical research.
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Bryce Bolin @brycebolin.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
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Bryce Bolin @brycebolin.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
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Gemini South Captures Growing Tail of Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS During Educational Observing Program - New images of the famous interstellar visitor were captured live from the Gemini South telescop...
Astronomers and students working together through a unique educational initiative have obtained a striking new image of the growing tail of interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS. The observations reveal a promi...
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Bryce Bolin @brycebolin.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
A recording of last night's session: August 27, 2025: A Close Encounter with an Interstellar Visitor from Gemini South www.youtube.com/watch?v=5__A...
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August 27, 2025: A Close Encounter with an Interstellar Visitor from Gemini South
YouTube video by Shadow the Scientists
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Bryce Bolin @brycebolin.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
Will hopefully be observing interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS with the Gemini South telescope tomorrow night! Register to watch here: ucsc.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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Jin Beniyama @jinbeniyama.bsky.social · 17/08/2025
Our latest paper on minimoon 2024 PT5 has been published in Astronomy & Astrophysics (A&A). Thank you for the support, @brycebolin.bsky.social et al. www.aanda.org/articles/aa/...
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Multi-epoch spectrophotometric characterization of the mini-moon 2024 PT5 in the visible and near-infrared | Astronomy & Astrophysics (A&A)
Astronomy & Astrophysics (A&A) is an international journal which publishes papers on all aspects of astronomy and astrophysics
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Bryce Bolin @brycebolin.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
3I/ATLAS on Planetary Radio: www.planetary.org/planetary-ra...
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3I/ATLAS: The third interstellar object ever found
Astronomers have discovered a new interstellar comet, 3I/ATLAS, the third object ever seen entering our Solar System from another star. We speak with…
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NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory @rubinobservatory.org · 30/07/2025
☄️ Say hello to Comet 3I/ATLAS, just the third interstellar object ever seen in our Solar System! NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory didn’t discover the comet, but even during testing, it caught a glimpse. Imagine what we'll find once full science operations begin later this year! 🔭🧪
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Interstellar Object Comet 3I/ATLAS as seen by NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory!
☄️ Say hello to Comet 3I/ATLAS as seen by NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory! Comet 3I/ATLAS is just the third interstellar object ever spotted in our Solar System. Rubin Observatory didn’t discover it, but…
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Bryce Bolin @brycebolin.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
Some great coverage by David L. Chandler at Sky & Telescope about our recent MNRAS paper on 3I/ATLAS: skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-ne...
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Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS: What We Know Now
Observations have revealed the comet’s fuzzy coma, hinted at a weird tail, and suggested an ancient history.
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Luke Dones @lukemeister.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
Chandler et al., feat. @pbernardinelli.com @megschwamb.bsky.social @merrdiff.bsky.social @astrokiwi.bsky.social @chrislintott.bsky.social @starzanplanets.bsky.social @brycebolin.bsky.social @jradavenport.com @astrohopkins.bsky.social @javierlicandro.bsky.social @malenarice.bsky.social ...
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Bryce Bolin @brycebolin.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
Palomar and Apache Point Spectrophotometry of Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS by Belyakov et al. 2025 iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3...
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Bryce Bolin @brycebolin.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
Bolin et al. 2025 “Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS: discovery and physical description ” has now been officially published on 2025 July 18 in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters, slaf078, doi.org/10.1093/mnra...
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Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS: discovery and physical description
Abstract. We present the characteristics of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, discovered on 2025 July 1 by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System. Th
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Bryce Bolin @brycebolin.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
Thanks to @Astro_Jonny for the fantastic coverage of 3I/ATLAS! www.scientificamerican.com/article/new-...
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New Interstellar Object Is Full of Mysteries. Here’s What Scientists Most Want to Learn
Scientists are racing to learn as much as possible about the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS before it fades from view forever
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Bryce Bolin @brycebolin.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
Our manuscript "Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS: discovery and physical description" has been accepted for publication in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Letters!
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Bryce Bolin @brycebolin.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
Congratulations to Jin Beniyama on the new paper, "Multi-epoch spectro-photometric characterization of the minimoon 2024 PT5 in the visible and near-infrared", accepted for publication in Astronomy & Astrophysics! arxiv.org/abs/2507.10527
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Bryce Bolin @brycebolin.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
Interview: Bryce Bolin on recent observations of Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS: www.youtube.com/watch?v=yg3C...
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Bryce Bolin @brycebolin.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
Apache Point Observatory Colors of Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS www.astronomerstelegram.org?read=17284
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W. M. Keck Observatory @keckobservatory.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
🚨 Cosmic cameo alert! 🚨 On the latest @ShadowScientists.bsky.social, Bryce Bolin (Eureka Scientific) teamed up with observatory superstars Leo Alcorn, Matt Wahl & Josh Walawender to catch a rare guest from the galactic beyond: Comet 3I/ATLAS! 🌌☄️ Wanna comet along next time? 🛸✨ shadow.ucsc.edu ✨
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