The liberation of Brussels marked by the Sun’s observers
80 years ago, the Allies liberated Brussels, and this event was marked by the solar observers of the Royal Observatory of Belgium. [...]
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Aug 24
EUI and SWAP/LYRA PI Teams Call for Guest Investigators
The EUI and SWAP/LYRA PI teams welcome research proposals for the 2025 round of their Guest Investigator Program for research based on EUI, SWAP and/or LYRA data analysis by scientists outside the PI teams.
Selected proposers will be invited to spend a few weeks with the PI team at the Royal Observatory in Brussels to obtain expert knowledge on the instruments, [...]
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Aug 24
Evaluation of seismic models using data of earthquakes in the Belgian Hainaut province
In a recently published article in Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering, researchers from the seismology department of the Royal Observatory of Belgium evaluate the applicability of existing models to calculate ground motions due to earthquakes in the coal basins of the Belgian Hainaut Province. [...]
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Jul 24
The Royal Observatory of Belgium and the National Geographic Institute become Partners of the United Nations Global Centre of Expertise in Geodesy
Following a joint application, the Royal Observatory of Belgium (ROB) and the National Geographical Institute (NGI) were awarded the prestigious status of ‘Partner of the United Nations Global Geodetic Centre of Excellence’ (UN-GGCE). This recognition highlights the many contributions that both institutes make in geodesy, the science of Earth measurement and representation. [...]
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Jul 24
Permanent exhibition on seismology at Fort Eben-Emael
Thanks to a fantastic collaboration with the non-profit organisation Fort Eben-Emael, the staff of the Seismology and Gravimetry service of the Royal Observatory of Belgium were able to open a new fascinating exhibition on seismology on 27 June 2024. [...]
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Jun 24
Soapbox Science 2024: female scientists take the floor at the heart of Brussels
On Saturday 29 June 2024, from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m., twelve female researchers from all over Belgium will be sharing their passion and knowledge in a fun and accessible way at Place de la Monnaie/Muntplein. [...]
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Jun 24
First evidence of water frost on the tallest volcanoes of Mars
Brussels, 10 June 2024 – A new study reveals for the first time the presence of water frost on the peak of Martian volcanoes near the equator. This discovery was published in a recent Nature Geoscience paper, with contributions from researchers of the Royal Observatory of Belgium (ROB) and the Royal Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy (BIRA-IASB). [...]
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May 24
Cem Berk Senel is a laureate of EOS Pipet 2024
The Flemish popular science magazine EOS Wetenschap has recently presented five young scientists in its contest EOS Pipet 2024. Each was chosen for their significant contribution to scientific research. Among them is Cem Berk Senel, postdoctoral researcher at the Royal Observatory of Belgium (ROB), who recently published a paper in Nature Geosciences that attracted a great deal of media attention. [...]
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Apr 24
The Earth Climate Observatory: new space mission concept for monitoring the Earth Energy Imbalance
On 17 April 2024, the European Space Agency (ESA) selected the Earth Climate Observatory (ECO), a new space mission concept for the measurement of the Earth’s energy imbalance, a critical climate parameter, for Phase 0 study. ECO was proposed by an international team of 12 scientists led by the Royal Observatory of Belgium. [...]
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Apr 24
New Black Hole discovered with ESA’s Gaia satellite
Brussels, 16 April 2024 – Today the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Gaia collaboration teams reveal the discovery of a high-mass stellar black hole of 33 times our Sun’s mass in the Milky Way. The Royal Observatory of Belgium contributed to this discovery thanks to the radial velocity data it helped to process.
Third black hole discovered with Gaia data
A stellar black [...]