Dissemination, Education & Public Outreach | 2021-2022

Book cover magnetospheres
A new book on the magnetospheres in our Solar System published by Wiley
A book on the magnetospheres in our solar system, edited by our BIRA-IASB colleague Romain Maggiolo, has been published by Wiley for the American Geophysical Union.
Blind and visually impaired students assisted by teachers and researchers
A Touch of Space Weather - Outreach project for visually impaired students
Through workshops and a website, students can explore the Sun, Earth's atmosphere and magnetic field, aurora and other space weather-related topics through touch and sounds. The project developed tactile images for children.
MOMSTER box
MOMSTER, a Mobile Meteor Detection Station for Education and Outreach
Students between 16 and 18 years old get to work as scientists by analyzing images with radio signals from meteors on the computer. Together with their teacher, they investigate the solar system in this way, and more specifically the dust it contains.
Painting entitled "Orbital Perspective" - Noel Baker
Open doors at Aeronomy Institute: Space for Climate
During the last weekend of September 2022, the Space Pole (the Royal Observatory of Belgium, the Royal Meteorological Institute and the Royal Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy) opened its doors to the public.
Open science
Open Science objectives and dissemination of Open Data
BIRA-IASB’s IT department has developed a visualization toolbox improving accessibility of the data products of our institute.