TRAPPIST-1 se révèle peu à peu
Four new studies involving researchers from the STAR Research Institute shed a new light on the extraordinary planetary system discovered in February 2017.
The Fireworks Galaxy (NGC 6946)
NGC 6946 is a face-on spiral galaxy with a small bright nucleus in the constellations of Cygnus and seen behind the many stars of the Milky Way.
Festival d'Astronomie de Marrakech
La 18ème édition du festival d'astronomie s'est tenu du 12 au 15 octobre à Marrakech et avait pour thème "La vie ailleurs dans l'Univers".
Honorary citizens City of Liège
Michael Gillon and Emmanuel Jehin, members of the TRAPPIST team of the Liège University, have been made by the Liège's mayor Honorary citizens.
Smallest-ever "normal" star discovered by astronomers
A star about the size of Saturn – the smallest ever measured for a "normal" star – has been identified by an international team of astronomers with the help, among others, of the TRAPPIST-South telescope in Chile.
The unique architecture of the TRAPPIST-1 planetary system
New observations made with the Kepler space telescope reveal the dynamic and fascinating architecture of the TRAPPIST-1 system, thanks to the precise study of TRAPPIST-1h, the outermost planet of the system.
Dwarf planetary systems will transform the hunt for alien life
Michaël Gillon (University of Liège) and Amaury Triaud (University of Cambridge) talk about the discovery of TRAPPIST-1 and the fact that we need to expand our search for life beyond the solar system. An article published in aeon magazine.
Michaël Gillon in the 100 TIME list
Michaël Gillon, astronomer at the University of Liège, nominated in the 100 TIME list, the list of the 100 most influential people in the world.
TRAPPIST-1 and SPECULOOS : Liège searching for life eslewhere in the Universe
A conference with Michaël Gillon, Emmanuel Jehin and Julien de Wit, co-discoverers of the Trappist-1 exoplanetary system.
Visit of the Chargé d'Affaires of the Embassy of the United States
Following the discovery of the TRAPPIST-1 exoplanets , Mr. Matthew LUSSENHOP, Chargé d'Affaires of the United States Embassy, expressed the desire for a meeting with the team at the The origin of the discovery of the TRAPPIST-1 planets.
The 7 wonders of TRAPPIST-1
ULg astronomers discovered seven telluric planets around the star TRAPPIST-1. “The TRAPPIST-1 system is the largest treasure of terrestrial planets ever detected around a single star.”
"L'Amicale des belges du Maroc" visit Oukaïmeden
This Sunday about 40 belgian people living in Morocco visited the new observatory of the Liège University.
