Earth from Space: North Channel

2023-11-17, 13:18 ESA

The North Channel, between Northern Ireland and Scotland, is featured in this false-colour radar image from the Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission.Zoom in to explore this image at its full resolution or ...

Spacecraft fall silent as Mars...

2023-11-17, 10:18 ESA

The space between Earth and Mars is usually buzzing with science data, telemetry and commands racing to and from almost a dozen missions at the Red Planet. But for roughly one and a half days this ...

Italy's Mount Etna spews lava

2023-11-15, 16:00 ESA

One of the world?s most active volcanoes, Mount Etna, erupted on Sunday ? spewing lava and clouds of ash high over the Mediterranean island of Sicily. This image, captured on 13 November by the ...

MetOp Second Generation weather...

2023-11-15, 12:29 ESA

Having satellites in different types of orbit is essential to delivering data to forecast the weather accurately. With the first Meteosat Third Generation Imager satellite safely in geostationary ...

Two ESA lab-enabled satellites launched

2023-11-13, 15:51 ESA

MANTIS, the first satellite mission to be supported from concept to liftoff by ESA’s Earth Observation InCubed programme, was launched yesterday on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. MANTIS carries a ...

Monitoring methane from space

2023-11-13, 14:51 ESA

Methane is the second most important greenhouse gas contributor to climate change after carbon dioxide. Curbing methane emissions could deliver immediate and long-lasting benefits for the climate, ...

Nourishing commercial growth in Earth...

2023-11-10, 16:55 ESA

Hot on the heels of the first Earth Observation Commercialisation Forum, now is a good time to take a look at the all-embracing support that ESA gives to the commercial sector in Europe. With funding ...

Earth from Space: Autumn in Japan

2023-11-10, 13:24 ESA

This image, from the Copernicus Sentinel-3 mission on 1 November 2023, captures the colours of autumn over the Japanese archipelago.Zoom in to explore this image at its full resolution or click on ...

AI maps icebergs 10,000 times faster...

2023-11-09, 09:28 ESA

In a groundbreaking development, researchers from the University of Leeds have unveiled a neural network that can swiftly and accurately chart the expanse of large Antarctic icebergs in satellite ...

ESA and EC to unite on climate action...

2023-11-06, 14:51 ESA

ESA and the European Commission are joining forces to accelerate the use of Earth-observing satellites and the information they provide to address the pressing challenge of climate change.This ...