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An iceberg roughly the size of the Isle of Wight has broken off the Brunt Ice Shelf in Antarctica on 20 May.

Captured on 7 May 2024, this Copernicus Sentinel-2 image shows part of New Zealand’s North Island.

Hera plus one: enter the CubeSat

This Copernicus Sentinel-2 image features salt flats and lakes in southwest Bolivia, near the crest of the Andes Mountains.

Where space weather starts

This image may resemble the surface of Mars, but it was actually captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission, revealing the stunning terrain of northwest Namibia.

Webb captures iconic Horsehead Nebula in unprecedented detail

The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over part of the Seychelles, an island republic in the western Indian Ocean.

First Ariane 6 booster gets lift to launch zone

Ariane 6 standing tall

Virtual tour of ESA’s Test Centre

Earth from Space: The Mekong Delta

Photo of total solar eclipse

Dubai floods seen from space

Planetary defenders assemble!

This Copernicus Sentinel-2 image shows the delta of the Ebro River on the northeast coast of Spain.

Blowtorch effect of satellite reentry

This Copernicus Sentinel-2 image features part of Victoria, a state in southeast Australia.

3D-bioprinted blood vessel

Images from the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission show a large dust storm originating from the Sahara Desert that has engulfed skies across the central Mediterranean Basin.

The Copernicus Sentinel-3 mission takes us over northern Brazil, where the Amazon River meets the Atlantic Ocean.

ESA astronaut candidate Rosemary Coogan lighting a fire during winter survival training in the snowy mountains of the Spanish Pyrenees as part of her basic astronaut training.

The striking contrast of the diverse landscape in southeast Kenya is featured in this false-colour image captured by Copernicus Sentinel-2.

Laser light sabre

The historic centre of Vienna, Austria’s capital city, is featured in this image captured on 23 June 2023.

NGC 5468 – Cepheid host galaxy

Hera and its CubeSats at Didymos system

The lush landscape of the island of Ireland and the coasts of Scotland, Wales and England, are pictured in this view from the Copernicus Sentinel-3 mission.

ESA astronaut candidate Raphaël Liégeois from Belgium during a robotics session as part of his basic astronaut training at ESA’s European Astronaut Centre, near Cologne, Germany.

Hera asteroid mission vs. absolutely nothing

This Copernicus Sentinel-2 image features the ice tongue of the Dawson-Lambton Glacier in Antarctica.

Proba-3's laser-precise positioning

ERS-2 buckles and bends during final farewell

This Copernicus Sentinel-3 image from October 2023 captures the plains of northern India and Pakistan under a white veil of haze and smoke.

Ariane 6 ready for unloading

Before and after satellite images from the Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission show the scale of the oil spill that occurred off the shores of Trinidad and Tobago’s coastline earlier this week.

The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over Côte d'Ivoire in western Africa.

Saying goodbye to ERS-2

This wide view from the Copernicus Sentinel-3 mission captures an algae bloom around the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic Ocean.

Space centre power cable

Cool upgrade for deep-space dish

This false-colour image acquired by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission shows the city of Dubai and its surroundings in the United Arab Emirates.

Human vs. hover-machine

Space: 1977

Record-breaking Arctic cold weather has swept through much of the United States in the last few weeks. The eastern part of the country was particularly affected with thick snow blanketing most of the region, as this Copernicus Sentinel-3 image shows.

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