On 16-17 October 2017, striking red and yellow skies were seen across Northern Europe. Our BIRA-IASB colleague Sophie Vandenbussche, attributed the phenomena to Saharan dust swept north by hurricane Ophelia. Her colleagues in France linked the unusual skies to another factor...

On December 4, at 11: 38 Belgian time, the Proba-3 duo-satellite will blast off from Indian ground. Proba-3 will carry on board the innovative 3DEES instrument to measure particle fluxes in the Earth's radiation belts.

Today, November 25, is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. At this occasion, BIRA-IASB signed the pledge for zero tolerance to gender-based violence in academia and research, promoted by the European Union’s Commission on ‘Inclusive Gender Equality in the ERA (European Research Area)’.

Since its creation in 1964 our institute has been very active in research and public service in space aeronomy, which is the physics and chemistry of the atmosphere of the Earth and other planets, and of outer space. On the occasion of our 60th anniversary we offer an overview of our space aeronomy research from 1964 to 2024.

The Israel-Hamas conflict has triggered attacks on commercial vessels in the Gulf of Aden, disrupting trade operations and leading to the re-routing of vessels. Researchers developed a method to isolate the contribution of ship emissions in the satellite observations of NO2 from the TROPOMI sensor.

16 September, an event established after it was discovered in 1985 that a large part of this layer over Antarctica was destroyed every spring.