Bryce Bolin (@brycebolin.bsky.social)

Research scientist at Eureka Scientific. Small bodies of the Solar System. Avid paraglider pilot and traveler.

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Webb sniffs methane from interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS: https://t.co/imIO1fhSd9

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Check out this fantastic Planetary Radio by Sarah Al-Ahmed about the 100-year history of the Los Angeles Astronomical Society: https://t.co/a8FJ8CmYGL

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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!

https://t.co/njQk5o0aVl

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Tatsumi, de León, & Popescu 2026, "Hayabusa2# enstatite-like target 1998 KY26 originating from the Nysa family", A&A:

https://t.co/T8V444nO3t

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Congratulations to El Moutamid et al!

MPEC F170: Numbering of regular satellite Uranus XXVIII

https://t.co/sKZbUIYEzK

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ATel #17719: December 2025 Gemini spectroscopic and photometric constraints on the activity and gas contents of 3I/ATLAS: https://t.co/fJOiTrYwTD

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Gemini North Catches Crumbling Comet C/2025 K1 (ATLAS)

https://t.co/uz9P6lA4g1

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Comet C/2025 K1 (ATLAS) breaking apart! ☄️ On 11 November and 6 December 2025, the comet soared in the skies above Maunakea, Hawai‘i, where Gemini North captured it in action!

📷 @GeminiObs/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/B. Bolin
Processing: J. Miller & M. Rodriguez, T.A. Rector, M. Zamani

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"JWST NIRCam detection of secondary fragmentation in C/2025 K1-C (ATLAS)": https://t.co/bW7K4bAtTV

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JWST observations of C/2025 K1 are happening now:

https://t.co/Zytll4uDRV

Go James Webb, go!

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Happy New Year, everyone!

Gemini multi-band follow-up of fragmenting Oort cloud comet C/2025 K1 (ATLAS)

https://t.co/tK3LS6NPOZ

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A Gemini post-perihelion view of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS: https://t.co/O4VdQDIvLD

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Meet Dr. Larry Denneau, the discoverer of the interstellar object 3I/ATLAS: https://t.co/qflbZvcwqb

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Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS has a post-perihelion greenish glow in time for the holidays :) https://t.co/7li6X0qSNs

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Our team recently won Director's time to study the fragmenting comet C/2025 K1: https://t.co/KukiT3UbdH

Image credits Michael Jäger:

https://t.co/QNYaseZW6E

and Gianluca Masi:

https://t.co/l1STWVAgzc

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Here’s a 2025 science moment you loved!
Release #4
Say it 3 times: Betelgeuse, Betelgeuse, Betelgeuse
Astronomers using @Geminiobs North found a hidden companion star orbiting inside Betelgeuse’s extended atmosphere, the first close-in companion ever seen around a supergiant star