Earth from Space: Maritime highways...
This image from the Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission shows us the maritime traffic passing through theØresund Strait in 2025.Zoom in or click on the circles to explore this image at its full 10 m ...
Earth from Space: Dhaka, Bangladesh
These two views from Copernicus Sentinel-2 reveal the landscape transformation in the area around Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh.This comparison shows Dhaka and its surroundings in February 2017 ...
Testing ozone-monitoring satellites...
Over the past year, satellite engineers at Redwire Space in Belgium have been hard at work assembling European Space Agency's ozone-monitoring satellite, ALTIUS. The team has now passed a major ...
Antarctica retreat study signals...
The ice along Antarctica's ‘grounding lines' has been largely stable over the past 30 years – but ice has retreated by more than 40 km in some areas, a new study based on satellite data ...
Earth from Space: Terra Nova Bay,...
The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission captures the icy landscape of Terra Nova Bay in East Antarctica.Zoom in or click on the circles to explore this image at its full 10 m resolution.The bay is on the ...
First MetOp Second Generation-B...
With launch planned for later this year, testing is well underway to ensure the MetOp Second Generation-B1 weather satellite is ready for its life in orbit around Earth. These checks include ...
Earth from Space: Ouarzazate, Morocco
The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over south-central Morocco, near the city of Ouarzazate.Zoom in or click on the circles to explore this image at its full 10 m resolution.This image ...
Earth from Space: Sending love from...
For Valentine's Day, the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission sends love from space, capturing the heart-shaped oasis of Faiyum, just south of Cairo, Egypt.Zoom in or click on the circles to explore this ...
Intense rainfall brings floods across...
Satellite data have captured the intensity of rainfall over the Iberian Peninsula during three severe winter storms, and the extent of flooding that followed around the Tejo River and basin in ...
New satellite view of Tibets tectonic...
A study on tectonic plates that converge on the Tibetan Plateau has shown that Earth's fault lines are far weaker and the continents are less rigid than scientists previously thought. This finding is ...
