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A Touch of Space Weather

We bring space weather into the hands and ears of blind & visually impaired high school students!

Explore the fascinating field of space weather through touch and sounds. Here you can find all the updates about our project based at BIRA-IASB in Belgium.

24/03/2026

Our newest audiobooklet, "Aurora" is out now! From ancient legends of magical foxes and glowing skies to the real science of charged particles dancing along Earth's magnetic field, this story takes you on a journey through one of nature's most breathtaking light shows.

Developed with blind and visually impaired students, recorded by professional voice actors, and freely available on our website.

Listen, explore, and share the wonder.
🔗 www.a-touch-of-space-weather.be

02/03/2026

Today we delivered a workshop for sighted students at Explora in Antwerp.

The students learned about space weather and inclusion, while also experiencing aspects of blindness and visual impairment through a blindfold exercise and by exploring tactile images of Earth’s magnetosphere and radiation belts.

They also created a tactile image of solar activity, which we will use in our workshops for students with blindness or visual impairment.

Thank you, Dirk from Explora, for having us, and all the students for their work and enthusiasm!

If anyone is interested in organizing a similar workshop, feel free to contact us.

27/02/2026

🌪 Audiobooklet: Zonnestormen

Wist je dat een zonnestorm bijna een nucleaire oorlog veroorzaakte in 1967? In deze audiobooklet leer je wat zonnevlammen en coronale massa-ejecties zijn, hoe ze ontstaan en hoe ze onze technologie kunnen beïnvloeden.

Van noorderlicht tot stroomuitval — ruimteweer is dichterbij dan je denkt.

⚡ Ontdek de kracht van de Zon.
De volledige audiobooklet is te beluisteren op onze website: https://www.a-touch-of-space-weather.be/nl/audio

23/02/2026

🎧 Audiobooklet: De Zon

De volledige audiobooklet is te beluisteren op onze website.

Wat is de Zon eigenlijk? Hoe kan ze zo heet zijn? Wat zijn zonnevlekken, zonnevlammen en zonnewind? In deze audiobooklet nemen we je mee op reis naar het hart van onze ster. Je ontdekt hoe kernfusie werkt, waarom de Zon licht geeft en hoe haar activiteit ruimteweer veroorzaakt.

Speciaal gemaakt voor mensen met blindheid of een visuele beperking, met beeldende beschrijvingen en toegankelijke uitleg.

☀️ Ontdek onze ster zoals je haar nog nooit hebt ervaren.

https://www.a-touch-of-space-weather.be/nl/audio

18/02/2026

🌍 NIEUW! Audiobooklet: De Atmosfeer van de Aarde

Onze atmosfeer is dunner dan de schil van een perzik — en toch beschermt ze ons tegen gevaarlijke straling uit de ruimte. In deze audiobooklet ontdek je de lagen van de atmosfeer, wat de ionosfeer doet en waarom radiocommunicatie soms verstoord raakt tijdens zonnestormen.

Een reis van het aardoppervlak tot aan de rand van de ruimte. Onze beschermende deken — kwetsbaar en kostbaar.

🌎De volledige audiobooklet is te beluisteren op onze website:
https://www.a-touch-of-space-weather.be/nl/audio

07/10/2025

🌍✨ Notre site est désormais disponible en français ! 🇫🇷

Bonne nouvelle ! 🌞
Le site A Touch of Space Weather
est maintenant accessible en français.

Découvrez nos projets, images tactiles et modèles 3D conçus pour rendre la météo de l’espace accessible à tous — y compris aux élèves aveugles et malvoyants. 💫

👉 Visitez-nous dès aujourd’hui : www.a-touch-of-space-weather.be

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15/08/2025

⚡Tactile Image - Geomagnetically Induced Currents ⚡

🌄These tactile images show that during a geomagnetical storm, electrical currents form under the ground and can enter the power grid that can cause power outages and failures.

👉You can create some of the tactile images yourself! Check our website for more:
https://www.a-touch-of-space-weather.be/tactile-images

12/08/2025

📡Tactile Image - Radio Communication 📡

🌄This tactile image shows how radio communication works. Radio signal is reflected by the ionosphere but it can absorbed during a solar storm and create a radio blackout.

👉You can create some of the tactile images yourself! Check our website for more:
https://www.a-touch-of-space-weather.be/tactile-images

08/08/2025

🌍Tactile Image - Magnetosphere 2 🌍

🌄This tactile image shows that the charged particles move along Earth’s magnetic field lines and can be directed towards the atmosphere in the polar regions.

👉You can create some of the tactile images yourself! Check our website for more:
https://www.a-touch-of-space-weather.be/tactile-images

05/08/2025

🎇Tactile Image - Aurora 🎇

🌄This tactile image shows a horizon with houses. Above the roofs, wavy, curtain-like aurora is visible. A piece of fabric hangs down from the back side, showing the movement of auroras.

👉You can create some of the tactile images yourself! Check our website for more:
https://www.a-touch-of-space-weather.be/tactile-images

01/08/2025

☢Tactile Image - Radiation Belts ☢

🌄This tactile image shows two radiation belts where energetic particles are trapped. Satellites orbit on different altitudes: some are outside of the belts, some are inside.

👉You can create some of the tactile images yourself! Check our website for more:
https://www.a-touch-of-space-weather.be/tactile-images

29/07/2025

🧲Tactile Image - Magnetosphere🧲

🌄The tactile image of the magnetosphere shows the Earth and its distorted magnetic field. It shows how the solar particles flow around Earth’s magnetosphere.

👉You can create some of the tactile images yourself! Chech our website for more:
https://www.a-touch-of-space-weather.be/tactile-images

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