A rare encounter: How Juice came to...

2026-06-07, 08:40 ESA

No matter how much planning goes into space missions, one must always expect the unexpected. But luck favours the prepared. In July 2025, an unexpected visitor entered our Solar System, interstellar ...

Earth from Space: Baku, Azerbaijan

2026-06-06, 09:40 ESA

On World Environment Day, the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission brings us an amazing view from space of Baku, capital of Azerbaijan, hosting this year's celebration.Zoom in to explore this image at its ...

Doubling ESAs deep space capabilities...

2026-06-05, 21:00 ESA

ESA's newest deep space antenna, DSA 4 (also called NNO-3), is now fully online – representing a powerful new addition that strengthens the Agency's reach across the Solar System and boosts the ...

Tessera AI model offers accessible...

2026-06-05, 20:00 ESA

A foundation model trained on Earth observation data from Copernicus Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2 has been made widely available to researchers, it was announced at a computer industry conference this ...

Earth from Space: Batagaika Crater

2026-05-30, 08:30 ESA

This Copernicus Sentinel-2 image features the Batagaika Crater in Siberia. This is the biggest permafrost crater in the world, caused by melting permafrost and also known as a ‘mega-slump'.Zoom in ...

Italys Earth monitoring programme...

2026-05-29, 12:40 ESA

Italy's IRIDE Earth observation programme has added seven more satellites to its Hawk for Earth Observation (HEO) constellation, enhancing the strategic data it provides for Italy's environmental, ...

Launch boosts European Earth...

2026-05-29, 12:20 ESA

Thirteen European satellites on the same rideshare launcher have successfully reached orbit, bringing capabilities to Italian and Greek monitoring programmes as well as CubeSats that will test ...

Hellenic Fire System satellites...

2026-05-29, 12:00 ESA

A constellation of four new satellites has been launched for Greece, marking a world first for a national satellite capability dedicated to wildfire detection and tracking. The mission is the result ...

Satellite Evidence in the Courtroom

2026-05-29, 11:40 ESA

Satellite imagery can show when a crime leaves a mark on the landscape – a village destroyed, a lake drained, a forest cleared. However, whether a court will accept satellite evidence remains an ...

MTG-I2 embarks on journey to Europes...

2026-05-29, 10:20 ESA

The Meteosat Third Generation-Imager2 (MTG-I2) satellite has set out on its journey from France to French Guiana, departing yesterday from Nice harbour.The satellite, together with support equipment ...