Past Articles

2011

• 07/11/2011: Phobos-Grunt
• 30/09/2011: Faster than light?
• 21/09/2011: Herschel probes the dusty history of a giant star
• 16/09/2011: The turbulent life of stars
• 10/08/2011: Space Weather: A powerful solar event on Aug 09, 2011
• 04/08/2011: Earthquake in Western Flanders on 02/08/2011
• 30/06/2011: PROBA2 observes the partial solar eclipse of July 1, 2011
• 15/06/2011: June 15, 2011, Total lunar eclipse, partially visible in Belgium
• 10/05/2011: A subsurface ocean on Saturn moon Titan
• 18/03/2011: JAPAN Earthquake, March 11th, 2011: ground displacements
• 11/03/2011: Earthquakes in Japan
• 10/03/2011: First release of calibrated LYRA data from PROBA-2
• 16/02/2011: Solar flare observed
• 04/01/2011: January 4, Partial eclipse, partially visible in Belgium

2010

• 06/12/2010: Planetarium: new show and opening hours
• 08/10/2010: The polar atmosphere of Venus is thinner than expected
• 21/09/2010: THE MARTIAN MOON PHOBOS MAY HAVE FORMED BY CATASTROPHIC BLAST
• 02/09/2010: Herschel detects water vapour in a carbon star
• 16/06/2010: New Web-based Earthquake Alarm System
• 11/06/2010: CESRA 2010
• 22/04/2010: 'Solar Dynamics Observatory' first light
• 08/03/2010: Chile Earthquake Measured by the Belgian Seismic Station in Antarctica
• 03/03/2010: Mars Express in closest flyby of Phobos
• 10/02/2010: Launch of the 'Solar Dynamics Observatory'

2009

• 15/12/2009: Corresponding Astronomers
• 22/10/2009: PROBA2 Launch
• 14/10/2009: Tuesday 13 October 2009, 18h58: a bright fireball above Belgium and the Netherlands
• 16/08/2009: Saturday, August 15, 2009, 9:59 pm: A very bright meteor seen over Belgium
• 09/06/2009: Io close to thermal equilibrium
• 01/06/2009: Interactive version yearbook of the Royal Observatory of Belgium
• 15/01/2009: Belgian GPS station on Antarctica
• 01/01/2009: International Year of Astronomy 2009

2008

• 17/12/2008: LEAP SECOND - DECEMBER 31, 2008, 23h 59m 59s UTC
• 18/11/2008: Hottest Stars in Delicate Embrace by Spiral Arms
• 02/09/2008: The mass of Phobos