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View article: A Touch of Space Weather: Inclusive Science Education Through Tactile and Auditory Exploration
A Touch of Space Weather: Inclusive Science Education Through Tactile and Auditory Exploration Open
Blind and visually impaired (B&VI) students remain significantly underrepresented in science education, particularly in visually intensive disciplines such as planetary science. To address this gap, the A Touch of Space Weather project by …
View article: DUSTER: Dust Study, Transport, and Electrostatic Removal for Exploration Missions
DUSTER: Dust Study, Transport, and Electrostatic Removal for Exploration Missions Open
 1.     The importance of studying lunar dust particlesInternational scientific and commercial interests in exploration missions to solar system bodies such as the Moon, asteroids and comets have increased signific…
View article: Women in Astronomy in Belgium
Women in Astronomy in Belgium Open
The under-representation of women in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) and astronomy is a fact that appears in multiple European countries, and has been extensively analyzed [1]. Female astronomers and women in STEM a…
View article: A Touch of Space Weather - Outreach project for visually impaired students
A Touch of Space Weather - Outreach project for visually impaired students Open
<p><em><span data-preserver-spaces="true">'A Touch of Space Weather' is a project that brings space weather science into the hands of blind and visually impaired high-school students. This project was awarded an…
View article: The science of Mars today for the scientists of Mars tomorrow
The science of Mars today for the scientists of Mars tomorrow Open
<p>RoadMap (ROle of and impAct of Dust and clouds in the Martian AtmosPhere: from lab to space)<br />is a H2020 project led by a consortium of European scientific institutions which aims to improve<br />our multidisciplin…
View article: MOMSTER, a Europlanet-funded STEAM education project
MOMSTER, a Europlanet-funded STEAM education project Open
<p>MOMSTER (MObile Meteor STation for Education & outreach) has developed a Meteor Education Kit as a resource for STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, Mathematics) teachers in secondary schools. This kit includes a mob…
View article: Soapbox Science Brussels: an outreach platform for the promotion of Women in Sciences in Belgium
Soapbox Science Brussels: an outreach platform for the promotion of Women in Sciences in Belgium Open
<p>On 25 June 2022, the third edition of Soapbox Science takes place in Brussels. Soapbox Science is a public outreach platform that was initiated in London, UK in 2011 to promote women in science, and that was spread worldwide since…
View article: Soapbox Science Brussels: A Growing Outreach Platform for the Promotion of Women in Sciences in Belgium
Soapbox Science Brussels: A Growing Outreach Platform for the Promotion of Women in Sciences in Belgium Open
<p>Soapbox Science is an outreach platform dedicated to the promotion of women and non-binary people in science through the organisation of events mimicking Hide Park&#8217;s famous Speaker&#8217;s Corner. This platform was c…
View article: A Touch of Space Weather - Outreach project for visually impaired students
A Touch of Space Weather - Outreach project for visually impaired students Open
<p>'A Touch of Space Weather' is a project that brings space weather science into the hands of blind and visually impaired (B&VI) high-school students. This project was awarded an <strong>EGU Public Engagement Grant in 2021…
View article: Soapbox Science Brussels: an outreach platform for the promotion of Women in Sciences in Belgium
Soapbox Science Brussels: an outreach platform for the promotion of Women in Sciences in Belgium Open
In June 2021, the second edition of Soapbox Science takes place in Brussels. Soapbox Science is a public outreach platform that was initiated in London, UK in 2011 to promote women in science, and that was spread worldwide since then. Betw…
View article: MOMSTER, a Europlanet-funded public engagement project
MOMSTER, a Europlanet-funded public engagement project Open
In May 2020, Europlanet Society launched a call to fund projects to engage the public with planetary science. Our project proposal called MOMSTER: MObile Meteor STation for Education & outReach was amongst the three projects that were …
View article: Women in Astronomy in Belgium
Women in Astronomy in Belgium Open
We are attempting to gather all information available to study the question of the representation of women in astronomy in Belgium, which is not a straightforward task.In an early study, [1] analysed gender-specific statistics on the Belgi…
View article: EPSC 2020 Planetary Science Wiki Edit-a-thon
EPSC 2020 Planetary Science Wiki Edit-a-thon Open
<p><strong>Background</strong></p><p>Wikipedia is an open source, web-based encyclopedia, allowing anonymous and registered users to create, edit and improve articles. A survey in 2018 showed that as many as 9…
View article: Promotion of women in science: the Soapbox Science outreach platform in Belgium
Promotion of women in science: the Soapbox Science outreach platform in Belgium Open
<p>Soapbox Science is quite a novel public outreach platform that was initiated in the UK in 2011 to promote women in science, and that was spread worldwide since then. Between 2011 and 2018, 40 cities hosted the initiative in not le…
View article: Research activities in Astronomy and Astrophysics in Belgium
Research activities in Astronomy and Astrophysics in Belgium Open
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