Dr. A. Lobel
Royal Observatory of Belgium

News Releases

  1. New Insights into the Mysterious Yellow Hypergiant Stars Outbursts

    2. Royal Observatory of Belgium News Release 17 Feb 2025

    ROB Press Release Video and Youtube Science X: Phys.org


  2. New Black Hole Discovered with ESA's Gaia Satellite

    3. Royal Observatory of Belgium News Release 16 Apr 2024


  3. Gaia Observes a Cosmic Clock Inside a Large Planetary Nebula

    4. Royal Observatory of Belgium News Release 23 Nov 2023

    Gaia DPAC Image of the Week, ESA Online Publications


  4. Building the most detailed 3D map of the Milky Way: Belgian astronomers contribute to the Gaia Focused Product Releases

    5. Royal Observatory of Belgium Press Release 10 Oct 2023

    Gaia Observations of Mira Long Period Variables - Gaia DR3 Focussed Product Release Video


  5. Belgian astronomers help create the most detailed survey of our Milky Way

    6. Royal Observatory of Belgium Press Release Jun 2022

    Press Conference, ROB Planetarium, 13 June 2022


  6. The map of our Galaxy keeps getting better

    7. Royal Observatory of Belgium News Release Dec 2020


  7. Astronomers show how supergiant stars repeatedly cool and heat up

    8. Royal Observatory of Belgium Press Release Oct 2019


  8. Belgian astronomers help to compile the most detailed 3D map of our Galaxy ever made

    9. Royal Observatory of Belgium Press Release Apr 2018


  9. Mystery Yellow Hypergiant HR 5171 solved

    10. Royal Observatory of Belgium Press Release Dec 2015


  10. VLT Spots Largest Yellow Hypergiant Star

    11. European Southern Observatory Press Release Mar 2014


  11. Hypergiant star amazes for 30 years

    12. Royal Observatory of Belgium Press Release Nov 2012


  12. Hottest Stars in Delicate Embrace by Spiral Arms

    13. Royal Observatory of Belgium Press Release Dec 2008

    HD 64760 in the Media


  13. Storms of Hot and Cold Gas Rage in Betelgeuse's Turbulent Atmosphere

    14. American Astronomical Society Meeting Press Release of Jan 2004

    Harvard Univ. News

    Betelgeuse: Star in a Shell


  14. The Throes of a Hypergiant Star Facing Death: Rho Cassiopeiae's Monster Atmosphere Explodes Violently

    15. American Astronomical Society Meeting Press Release of Jan 2003

    AAS Press Conference Presentation and Animation

    The Rho Cas Millennium Outburst in the Media

    Harvard Univ. News


  15. Like a Human Heart: Betelgeuse's Chromosphere Beats Asymmetrically

    16. American Astronomical Society Meeting Press Release of Jan 2000

    Harvard Univ. News

    Chromospheric Dynamics of Betelgeuse from STIS Spectra by Alex Lobel