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Astronomy / Space Science - 31.03.2022

Campus - Astronomy / Space Science - 24.03.2022

VUB students establish gaming and esports association
VUB Gaming is only Belgian university team in international UniRocketeers competition VUB Gaming is a new association for gaming and esports.

Astronomy / Space Science - Physics - 07.12.2021

Research on extraterrestrial life and protection against extreme heat during space travel
Two young VUB scientists have each received a Frank De Winne fellowship from the Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO).

Event - Astronomy / Space Science - 10.11.2021

Astronomy / Space Science - 07.10.2020

Physics - Astronomy / Space Science - 18.07.2019

Astronomy / Space Science - Art and Design - 22.02.2018

TRAPPIST-1 inspires artists all over the world
Songs, animations, paintings, short stories, sketches, illustrations, the announcement of the discovery of TRAPPIST-1 by Michaël Gillon - in February 2017 during a press conference at the NASA headquarters - inspired many people and groups around the world. Some very scientific and some more personal.

Astronomy / Space Science - 21.06.2017

ESA gives the green light to build PLATO space telescope
The European Space Agency (ESA) has approved the design of the PLATO satellite. Researchers and engineers at KU Leuven and the University of Liège (ULg) will be closely involved in the development. Plato is a space mission dedicated to hunting tens of thousands of Earth-like exoplanets revolving around nearby stars similar to our Sun.

Astronomy / Space Science - 30.03.2017

Mission to Mars 2017: UCL Crew 178 en route to Mars via the Utah desert
Mission to Mars Crew 178 is composed of seven UCL students and mentored by Frank De Winne , a Belgian astronaut and the first European commander of the International Space Station.