On 20 June, a delegation from South Korea came to the Institute to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between BIRA-IASB and the National Institute of Environmental Research (NIER), in the framework of the Geostationary Environment Monitoring Spectrometer (GEMS) satellite mission:

End 2026, the Belgian ESA astronaut will embark on his first space mission, carrying a diamond-based quantum sensor for astrochemical research to the International Space Station.

NASA’s Curiosity rover, using its Tunable Laser Spectrometer (TLS), has repeatedly detected methane on Mars, giving rise to speculation about possible biological sources. But how reliable are these detections?

Thanks to the GRMB project, BIRA-IASB researchers have contributed to classifying 24 years of Cluster measurements by determining in which region of the magnetosphere the satellites are located at any given time...

Today, we want to spotlight the voices of our female scientists, who are the pillars of our future. Their stories, challenges, and aspirations inspire and motivate us to continue our efforts for greater diversity and better inclusion.

Our goal is to celebrate and promote diversity within the international planetary science community by highlighting the contributions of women and underrepresented groups on Wikipedia...