STAR Institute

More than 100 researchers of the STAR Institute conduct cutting-edge research focused on the following themes :

Planetology

Detection, characterization and direct imaging of exoplanets, study of planets and small bodies of the Solar System, composition and dynamics of the Earth atmosphere

Stellar Physics

Observational characterization and modelling of stars and their evolution, interaction of stars with their surroundings, high-energy and radio emissions

Extragalactic Astrophysics & Astro-particles

Quasars, gravitational lensing, gravitational waves, large-scale structures, dark matter, cosmology, astro-particles

Instrumentation

Earth observation and astronomy payloads and satellites, ground-based instruments, custom-designed instruments dedicated to special applications.

Several groups are committed in these topics:

• ASTA: Theoretical Stellar Astrophysics and Asteroseismology 
• COMETA: Comets, Meteors and Asteroids
• CSL: Centre Spatial de Liège
• GAPHE: High Energy Astrophysics Group
• IFPA: Fundamental Interactions in Physics and Astrophysics
• LPAP: Laboratory for Planetary and Atmospheric Physics
• MEGA: Multi-wavelength Extragalactic and Galactic Astrophysics
• OGrav: Gravitational Waves
• PSILab: Planetary and Stellar systems Imaging Laboratory