National Observatory of Athens

The government has reversed a controversial decision to move the National Observatory of Athens under the Ministry of Climate Crisis and Civil Protection. The observatory will remain under the General Secretariat for Research and Innovation within the Ministry of Development.

The driest October in the past 15 years is coming to a close on Thursday, with November bringing hopes of scattered showers in some parts of the country.

The team from the Institute for Astronomy, Astrophysics, Space Applications and Remote Sensing (IAASARS) of the National Observatory of Athens (NOA) arrived in Thessaloniki ahead of the city's international trade fair (TIF) with a wealth of optimistic news about the progress of space research and science in Greece.

A resurgence occurred after midnight in the fire that hit the area surrounding the Asteroscope of Athens.

The large wildfire raging in the outskirts of northern Athens on Monday reached the National Observatory of Athens in Penteli. 

According to a social media post by the observatory's meteorological service (meteo.gr), the fire has entered its premises and is threatening important facilities.

The eerie, orange-hued phenomenon of the Saharan dust blanketing Athens during the week has been captured by a time-lapse video released by Meteo weather service of the National Observatory of Athens.

The images were recorded on Tuesday and Wednesday, when the dust cloud was at its strongest over Greece, before receding and moving further east.

Greece smashed a total of nine climate records in 2023, according to a recent report by Climatebook.gr, a website dedicated to the subject, with expert contributors.

Greece, France, and Montenegro have joined forces in a scientific program dubbed MediterRE3 that is aimed at adopting management practices to reduce the risk and extent of wildfires, as well as the resulting carbon emissions.

As part of NASA's Psyche mission, researchers from the National Observatory of Athens (NOA) have created a 300-million-kilometer-long communication "bridge" in space. 

Smoke from the forest fires burning in Greece has spread across most of the Eastern Mediterranean, with the National Observatory of Athens' Meteo meteorological service reporting that the Thrace blazes in particular are releasing enormous volumes of microparticles that have now made their way to Malta and southern Italy.