Watch live: Earth Explorer 11 User...

2025-07-07, 12:20 ESA

On 9 July 2025, leading scientists and experts in Earth observation will gather in Prague, Czechia, for a pivotal moment in Earth science ? to delve into and debate the strengths of the two finalist ...

Antarctic waters getting saltier as...

2025-07-04, 12:40 ESA

Using data from ESA's SMOS satellite, scientists have revealed a surprising shift in the Southern Ocean ? surface waters around Antarctica are growing saltier, even as sea ice is diminishing rapidly. ...

Earth from Space: Zanzibar, Tanzania

2025-07-04, 12:20 ESA

The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission captures a cloud-free image of Zanzibar and part of the eastern coast of Tanzania.Zoom in or click on the circles to explore this image at its full 10 m ...

MTG-S1 and Copernicus Sentinel-4...

2025-07-02, 18:20 ESA

Two meteorological missions ? Meteosat Third Generation Sounder-1 (MTG-S1) and the Copernicus Sentinel-4 mission ? have launched on board a SpaceX Falcon 9 from Cape Canaveral in Florida, US.Both are ...

MTG-S1 and Sentinel-4 launch to...

2025-07-02, 08:10 ESA

The second of the Meteosat Third Generation (MTG) satellites and the first instrument for the Copernicus Sentinel-4 mission lifted off at 23:04 CEST on Tuesday, 1 July. The satellite is now on its ...

MTG-S1 and Copernicus Sentinel-4...

2025-07-02, 08:00 ESA

Two meteorological missions ? Meteosat Third Generation Sounder-1 (MTG-S1) and the Copernicus Sentinel-4 mission ? have launched on board a SpaceX Falcon 9 from Cape Canaveral in Florida, US.Both are ...

Southern Europes land and sea sizzles

2025-07-01, 15:20 ESA

A powerful heatwave has been gripping large parts of southern Europe and North Africa, pushing air temperatures beyond seasonal norms and triggering widespread health and wildfire alerts. Among the ...

First sea-level records for coastal...

2025-07-01, 08:00 ESA

While satellites have revolutionised our ability to measure sea level with remarkable precision, their data becomes less reliable near coasts ? where accurate information is most urgently needed. To ...

MTG-S1 satellite hosting the...

2025-06-30, 21:50 ESA

The Meteosat Third Generation Sounder (MTG-S1) satellite, which is hosting the instrument for the Copernicus Sentinel-4 mission, has been placed inside the nose cone of the Falcon 9 launch rocket and ...

Living Planet Symposium Extra News:...

2025-06-30, 11:20 ESA

The fourth day of ESA's Living Planet Symposium was busier than ever.  Today, ESA signed an agreement on integrating satellite data into global environmental reporting frameworks as part of ESA's ...