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Dr. Nick Attree
@nickattree.bsky.social
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Planetary scientist @iaacsic.bsky.social, working on @esa.int's Rosetta & @cometinterceptor.bsky.social. Prev @TUBraunschweig, @LAM, @QMUL & @UoLeicester 🇬🇧🇪🇸🇪🇺
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ORCID: 0000-0003-3344-6693
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Now actually over #Granada and the mighty #SierraNevada (original ones, for those in the US 😛)
Bright moon at the top left above a horizon of broad mountain peaks.
November 3, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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Just a ridiculously big moon hanging in the sky on the way back to Granada
A pale white moon hangs in the blue sky above rolling green hills and a white village perched on the side of a mountain.
November 3, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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Zoomed view of mountains lit by the setting sun with a river and path in front.
October 27, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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Now this is how to attend a meeting! Listening in to the @cometinterceptor.bsky.social ☄️SWT whilst waiting to pick up my son from sports. Luckily the sports centre is down by the river, with this view 😀🏞️ #Granada
Selfie of a man in a black t shirt with moon and record, with glasses and earbuds on. Behind is a river and distant sunlit mountains.
October 27, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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And now the big event: celebrating 50 years of @iaacsic.bsky.social at Caja #Granada Cultural Centre
A modern building with sweeping ramps is lit in various pastel colours at night. Lit courtyard of a modern building with people gathering. Lit signs saying 50 years of IAA and "El viaje". A crowd of people sit in a theatre with one woman on stage infront of a brightly lit backdrop.
October 22, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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Saw the Perspectiva exhibition of #astronomy and #space images for @iaacsic.bsky.social 's 50th anniversary on the way into #Granada today. Very nice
Picture of a comet on a board in a sunlit street Infront of a church Picture of planets on a board Infront of a church Picture of Saturn and it's rings saying neuvas perspectivas on a board infront of a church
October 18, 2025 at 11:22 AM
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All done and heading home. Probably the latest I've been in the office, and that's saying something given it was JWST deadline day last night! 😅
Nighttime view of a brick building with white rocket in the courtyard.
October 16, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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Going back to school... Taking some evening classes to improve my #French level. But since it's from the escuela oficial de idiomas de #Granada, there's a fair bit of #Spanish practice too! 🇫🇷🇪🇸
Automatic doors saying escuela oficial de idiomas de Granada with a nice logo showing the outline of the Alhambra. A poster with a small girl in red dress waiving as she heads to the airport. The text says 'see you later losers!'.
September 23, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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Eventful day here @iaacsic.bsky.social today! A photographer from a local newspaper came and took a picture of all the staff for an article about our 50th year.
Plus we got to look round the light scattering lab with our guest Yuri. I got to catch a particle in the acoustic leviator!
A small white dot floats between complicated looking prices of scientific equipment in a black walled light scattering laboratory.
September 18, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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Kiitos #Helsinki for an excellent #EPSCDPS #EPSCDPS2025!
Talk and a poster presented, session co-chaired, and discussions with about a million collaborators and colleagues! All in all, extremely tiring but very productive 🙂
See you all in the Netherlands for #EPSC2026 ! #PlanetSci
Blue water surrounded by reeds and trees with a bridge at one side. White buildings are visible behind. A white sign says Helsinki. Behind is a green park, and behind that a large white building: Finlandia hall, the conference venue. A grand boulevard with the impressive facade of a building on one side and green trees and a park on the other. The inside of Helsinki library. A modern glass front with rows of chairs, bookshelves, and a sweeping, curved roof.
September 13, 2025 at 8:55 AM
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Last stop of the night: The Thirsty Scholar, the @helsinki.fi student bar! Perfect #Helsinki #EPSCDPS2025
Medieval style shield with crossed sword and quill pen saying thirsty scholar.
September 12, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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One last dinner in #Helsinki... well we had to, didn't we? #viking #EPSCDPS2025 #EPSCDPS
A group of people sit at a large wooden table. They all wear horned viking helmets.
September 12, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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Pancakes! 😋 #EPSCDPS #EPSCDPS2025
Pancakes! A line of people getting pancakes.
September 12, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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Repin' #OpenScience (and @iaacsic.bsky.social !) at #EPSCDPS #EPSCDPS2025 #PlanetaryResearch
A man in a white t shirt with IAA written in it stands in front of a poster saying planetary research.
September 11, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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Day 4 of #EPSCDPS #EPSCDPS2025. Kicking off with some cool #JWST talks with some #comets stuff tucked into the afternoon session.
We are also displaying a poster on the new 💎 #OpenAccess #PlanetaryScience journal #PlanetaryResearch today. I'll be there in Lampio foyer from 18.00
A white and blue poster with text and the title planetary research.
September 11, 2025 at 6:00 AM
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Don't look at me like that reindeer... Ok, maybe I'm eating your brother! #EPSCDPS2025 #Helsinki
A pile of meat sits on a white plate in a wood table in a wood panelled room. On the wall behind is a painting of reindeer.
September 10, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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A great descision! We took the ferry (included in the #Helsinki transit ticket!) to Suomenlinna island. Beautiful in the sun today.
Now rested and ready for this afternoon's sessions!
#EPSCDPS #EPSC2025
View from the deck of a ferry with blue water, other boats and docks and city buildings visible behind. A large white cathedral stands over everything. There was even a submarine. A distant sailing boat is framed by an old stone fort structure and the bow of a world war two submarine. Beautiful green gardens in the sun, viewed through the stone cannon opening inside the fortress. A meandering coastal path with cannons pointing out over a blue sea.
September 9, 2025 at 10:39 AM
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Day 1 #EPSC2025 #EPSCDPS
Opening ceremony, #Apophis plenary and some mission talks this morning.
Our SB15 session this afternoon (I'm speaking at 14.36)!
(Underground bike highway and parking pictured to blow the minds of our US colleagues 🙂)
Slides in a large lecture theatre from the finish ministry of science and culture. Model of the juice spacecraft. Grey sky and modern buildings and a lit up sign saying Helsinki. Underground pedestrian path and bike lanes. A window on the left is in to a large underground bike park.
September 8, 2025 at 8:29 AM
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Arrived in #Helsinki for #EPSCDPS #EPSC2025. Went to have a look for the lunar #eclipse, but gave up with the cloud and haze. Very pretty views of the islands though. Saw a little bit of the city, and this delivery robot out and about!
Tree-framed view of an island at twilight. Twilight view of trees, islands and many boats on a marina and a bit of city skyline. Grand city blocks. A six wheeled blue, knee-high robot driving along a pedestrian crossing, presumably delivering someone's dinner!
September 7, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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Travelling to #Helsinki today for @europlanetmedia.bsky.social/ @aas.org #PlanetSci meeting #EPSCDPS #EPSC2025.
I will be presenting ☄️ #comet modelling work Mon afternoon in session SB15, before co-chairing on Wed. Thurs ODAA6 we also have a poster on the new 💎 #OpenAccess journal #PlanetaryResearch
View from the bus. Yellow fields and mountains beneath a cloudy, dawn sky. Gate sign saying Helsinki. White plane sitting on the tarmac. There is a person's face painted on the tail.
September 7, 2025 at 8:58 AM
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Going over my #EPSCDPS #EPSC2025 talk at home before flying to #Helsinki tomorrow. There are worse places to work... 🙂 (And yes I'm slightly worried the temperature difference to Finland might kill me! 😅)
Laptop sitting on green grass with a bright blue swimming pool surrounded by terracota tiles in the background.
September 6, 2025 at 12:57 PM
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💃 #Granada
A woman in a flamboyant yellow flamenco style dress poses on stage Infront of guitar player and others clapping.
September 4, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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We're back in #Granada 🇪🇸 after an epic summer roadtrip to visit relatives and enjoy some holiday in 🇬🇧 and 🇫🇷. My amazing wife, @attreejewellery.bsky.social, made this video to show everywhere we went (not to mention doing all the driving! What a ⭐). We took 2 ferries ⛴️, camped 🏕️ for 9 nights...
August 21, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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Staying here on our way back towards #Granada. Small, but neat and tidy little town. Great with both left and right... #Cazorla #Arsenal
Mountainous road with white walled and tile roofed buildings. A street sign says the name Cazorla.
August 17, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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To prove we are actually in #Brittany #Bretange...
Coffee and biscuits sit on a table outside in a green garden. The biscuit packet says "Palets Bretons" and the mug is black and white and patterned in the Brittany style.
August 4, 2025 at 3:41 PM