The Planetarium of Brussels will participate in the WiseNight science festival next September

On Friday, 24 and Saturday, 25 September 2021, the Planetarium of the Royal Observatory of Belgium and the Museum of Natural Sciences of Belgium will host the free science festival WiseNight. [...]

Soapbox Science: women scientists take to the streets of Brussels

On Saturday, June 26, 2021, from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m., 12 women and non-binary scientists in Belgium will tell you about their research during the Soapbox Science Brussels event at the Place de la Bourse/Beursplein.  [...]

[Challenge finished] Eclipse challenge

This challenge is finished. Congratulations to the winners and thanks for participating!
For the answers to the questions, see the webpage https://proba2.sidc.be/EclipseChallenge.

Solar eclipses have fascinated people since ancient times and also today many people will gaze up in wonder to witness the spectacle of a solar eclipse. In parts of Russia and Canada one can witness it as an annular eclipse. [...]

Follow the solar eclipse of June 10, 2021

An annular solar eclipse will take place on Thursday 10 June 2021 and will be partially visible in Belgium. In Uccle, the eclipse will be visible between 11:17 (first contact) and 13:25 (last contact), and its maximum will take place at 12:19 in Belgian time (UTC + 2 h). At that moment, in Brussels, about 26% of the Sun’s diameter will be [...]

[Teaser] Eclipse challenge

Between 2 and 5 solar eclipses occur every year. The PROBA2 satellite has been in orbit for almost 12 years and has witnessed a good number of eclipses in that period. To observe an eclipse from Earth, you need to be in the right location at the right time. However, because the PROBA2 satellite orbits the Earth, it is in [...]

EUI First Light – 1 year!

The 3 telescopes of the Extreme Ultraviolet Imager (EUI) onboard Solar Orbiter opened their doors on May 12, 2020, to photograph the Sun. This is exactly 1 year ago. This ‘First Light’ was a crucial step to get the EUI telescopes up and running and pave the path to research. [...]

Two Belgian adventurers collaborate with scientists from the Observatory for climate research

The Belgians Gilles Denis and Nathan Goffart collaborate with scientists from the Royal Observatory of Belgium (ROB), the Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB), the Université de Liège (ULiège) and the Geological Survey of Greenland and Denmark (GEUS) for climate research on the occasion of their future sport challenge in Greenland in April 2022. [...]

Seismic Activity in/around Belgium in 2020

In 2020, 52 earthquakes and 11 induced earthquakes were located by the Royal Observatory of Belgium in or near Belgium. There were no felt earthquakes on Belgian territory.

In 2020, 52 natural earthquakes occurred in a zone between 1° and 8°E longitude and 48° and 52°N latitude (Figure 1). During the same period, the Royal Observatory of Belgium (ROB) also measured [...]