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Origami heat shield: reusable for reentries

This Copernicus Sentinel-2 image features the Japanese island of Nishinoshima, in the northwest Pacific Ocean.

The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over El Oued, in northeast Algeria, about 80 km west of the border with Tunisia.

Captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission on 8 April 2023, this image shows Los Angeles and part of the hinterland in Southern California.

Juice’s first taste of science from space

The historic centre of Rome, Italy’s capital city, is featured in this image captured on 28 March 2023.

ESA’s technical centre expands

Juice gets wings

Ariane 5 flight VA260, Juice mission: fully integrated and ready for rollout at Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana

South Korea’s capital city, Seoul, and surroundings are featured in this image, captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission on 21 February 2023.

Stage set: dress rehearsal for Juice launch complete

Practice makes perfect

Juice testing – down to the wire

Part of southern Italy is featured in this wintery image, captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission.

ESA in miniature

This Copernicus Sentinel-2 image features the diverse landscape surrounding Monterrey, the capital of the northeast state of Nuevo León, Mexico.

Science & Exploration

Ariane 5 rocket decorated with winning Juice artwork

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Hubble’s neighbourhood watch

Botswana’s Okavango Delta – the world’s largest inland delta – is featured in this multitemporal radar image, captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission.

The icy landscape of Graham Coast, which lies on the west side of the Antarctic Peninsula, is featured in this Copernicus Sentinel-2 image.

This Copernicus Sentinel-2 image shows Poyang Lake in China’s Jiangxi Province during winter.

Galactic seascape

Part of an Ariane 5 launcher in a large warehouse

Atom-scale scan of space materials

Aurora over Wales

The Triple Frontier, a region where Paraguay, Brazil and Argentina meet, is featured in this false-colour image, captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission.

Cosmic contortions

Farming on the Moon

The Liverpool Land peninsula, on the east coast of Greenland, is featured in this Copernicus Sentinel-2 image.

Can you spot it?

Agricultural fields that surround the cities of Lund and Malmö in Sweden are pictured in this image, captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission.

Sound test of Hera asteroid mission antenna

Spirit of Artemis V

Deadly wildfires continue to rage in south-central Chile destroying hundreds of thousands of hectares of land across the country. Satellite images captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-3 mission on 4 February show the ongoing fires and heatwave in South America.

Kolkata, formerly Calcutta, is featured in this image, captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission.

Exploring a turbulent tarantula

Setting sail for safer space

A crowded field of galaxies throngs this Picture of the Month from the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope, along with bright stars crowned with Webb’s signature six-pointed diffraction spikes.

Tempestuous young stars in Orion

Visitor to a galaxy

Hera approaching Didymos asteroids

Europe has kicked off the new year with an intense winter heatwave. The warm temperatures and lack of snowfall in the Alps has left several ski resorts with little or no snow. The difference in snow cover is visible in these Copernicus Sentinel-2 images captured in January 2022 compared to January 2023.

How Hera asteroid mission will phone home

Young ESA team prepare Ariane 6 passenger

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