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Webb image of a glittering glimpse of star birth

This Copernicus Sentinel-3 image shows high concentrations of chlorophyll in yellow-green along the coastline of South Australia, near Adelaide. Chlorophyll-a is a key indicator of the presence of algae in the ocean.

The development of ESA’s Earth Explorer FLEX mission has recently passed a significant milestone: the mission’s all-important instrument has been joined to its satellite platform.

Webb takes a fresh look at a classic deep field

A supernova-rich spiral

Copernicus Sentinel-2 captured wildfires burning in northern Portugal on Wednesday, 30 July.

The turquoise waters southeast of the Kuwaiti island of Failaka are captured in this image acquired by the Φsat-2 mission.

This image from Copernicus Sentinel-1 shows circular agricultural structures near Tabarjal, in the barren desert of northern Saudi Arabia.

The varied landscape of England’s Lake District is featured in this image captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission.

Earth from Space: Zanzibar, Tanzania

A powerful heatwave has been gripping large parts of southern Europe. This image, captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-3 mission’s Sea and Land Surface Temperature Radiometer on 29 June 2025, reveals the temperature of the land surface.

A starburst shines in infrared (MIRI)

A close-up view of Vienna, Austria’s capital city, is featured in this image from April 2025.

Copernicus Sentinel-1 captured this image over part of eastern Borneo, a tropical island in Southeast Asia.

A thick plume of sand and dust from the Sahara Desert is seen in these satellite images blowing from the west coast of Africa across the Atlantic Ocean.

The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission has captured a dramatic image of Mount Etna erupting on 2 June 2025 when a massive plume of ash, gas and rock suddenly burst from Europe's largest active volcano.

The Copernicus Sentinel-3 mission shows us a rare, cloud-free view of Iceland captured on 17 May 2025.

A glimpse of the distant past by Webb

Lake Alakol in eastern Kazakhstan is featured in this radar image captured by Copernicus Sentinel-1.

The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission brings us this cloud-free view of Svalbard, a remote Norwegian archipelago in the Arctic Ocean.

Part of the Italian island of Sardinia is featured in this image captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission.

The Ocean and Land Colour Instrument on Copernicus Sentinel-3 captured this image of Earth’s biggest iceberg, A23a, on 5 April 2025.

Copernicus Sentinel-1 captured this radar image over French Guiana – home to Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, where ESA’s Biomass mission is being prepared for liftoff on 29 April onboard a Vega-C rocket.

Solar Orbiter’s widest high-resolution view of the Sun

This very high-resolution image captures the Egyptian city of Giza and its surrounding area, including the world-famous Giza Pyramid Complex.

Sombrero Galaxy

Planetary Nebula NGC 1514 (MIRI image)

This Copernicus Sentinel-2 image shows part of one of the world’s natural wonders – the Great Barrier Reef in the Coral Sea off the east coast of Queensland, Australia.

New ESA invention tested in a chamber of no echoes

Smile meets Maxwell

The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission shows us what is left of the Aral Sea, once the fourth largest lake in the world.

A chance alignment in Lupus

Biomass cleared for fuelling

The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission captures the striking landscape surrounding the Waza National Park in Cameroon.

Spying a spiral through a cosmic lens (Webb telescope image)

ESA's Atomic Clock Ensemble in Space at NASA's Kennedy Space Center

Inner space engineering

The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over the Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks in California’s Sierra Nevada mountains.

Biomass out of the box

This Copernicus Sentinel-2 image showcases striking rocky formations amid the blue waters of Halong Bay in northeast Vietnam.

Hera Mars flyby

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