Earth from Space: Eye of the Sahara
The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission captures a spectacular geological wonder in the Sahara Desert of Mauritania: the Richat Structure.This giant feature looks out from a sea of golden sand in the Adrar ...
ESA and Norway explore possibility of...
The European Space Agency has signed a letter of intent with Norway to advance the prospect of a new ESA Arctic Space Centre to be hosted in Tromsø. The Arctic is an important scientific ecosystem ...
Ethiopian volcanic plume
The Hayli Gubbi volcano in northeast Ethiopia, believed to have been dormant for up to 12 000 years, erupted on 23 November 2025, sending a massive plume of ash and sulphur dioxide high into the ...
Next MetOp Second Generation weather...
The MetOp Second Generation-B1 satellite has entered its third and most delicate round of pre-launch testing, marking another step towards strengthening Europe's weather forecasting ...
Earth from Space: The Danakil Depression
The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over one of Earth's most extreme environments: the Danakil Depression in Ethiopia.Zoom in or click on the circles to explore this image at its full 10 m ...
ESAs Earth from Space exhibit lands...
The Planetarium of Prague has launched Earth from Space, an immersive exhibition by the European Space Agency (ESA), created with partners the German Aerospace Center (DLR) and Ars Electronica ...
Sentinel-6B launch highlights
Copernicus Sentinel-6B was launched on 17 November 2025, ready to continue a decades-long mission to track the height of the planet's seas – a key measure of climate change. The satellite was ...
Sentinel-6B is launched
Copernicus Sentinel-6B was launched on 17 November 2025, ready to continue a decades-long mission to track the height of the planet's seas – a key measure of climate change. The satellite was ...
Copernicus Sentinel-6B pre-launch...
Copernicus Sentinel-6B, a sea-level monitoring satellite, is due to be launched no earlier than 17 November. Officials from ESA, the European Commission, EUMETSAT, NASA and marine applications users ...
Brazil gears up to harness ESAs...
As the COP30 climate conference gets underway in Brazil, the world's attention is once again drawn to the plight of the Amazon – the planet's largest and most vital rainforest. With the European ...
