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Flying fire watch

Satellites and debris take a long time to return

As this Copernicus Sentinel-3 image captured today shows, the Netherlands remains pretty much snow-covered thanks to days of sub-zero temperatures following the country’s first major snowstorm in a decade.

At the rim of a crater

Proba-V’s plus one

Happy new Mars year

Propelling satellites into the future

ExoMars orbiter's 20000th image

Simulating space

Sardinia, the second-largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, is featured in this false-colour image captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission.

Seeing in a flash

The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over the Tanezrouft Basin – one of the most desolate parts of the Sahara Desert.

Asteroids vs. microbes

The heavy snowfall that hit Spain a few days ago still lies heavy across much of the country as this Copernicus Sentinel-3 satellite image shows.

This Copernicus Sentinel-2 image of Madrid in Spain appears to have been taken in black and white. In fact, it is a true-colour image – but the heaviest snowfall in 50 years has blanketed the region, turning the landscape white.

Cosmic neon lights

The Sun in 2020

Frosty scenes in martian summer

Bubble produced by the Multiscale Boiling experiment on the International Space Station

Instruments installed on Euclid spacecraft

The Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission takes us over Lapland, the largest and northernmost region of Finland, just in time for Christmas.

Heavy snowfall in the Alps has been recorded over the past weeks. The Copernicus Sentinel-3 mission captured this image of the snow-covered Alps on 14 December.

Iron’s in the fire

The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over Kyiv – the capital and most populous city of Ukraine.

One ring to bind them all

The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over the Banks Peninsula on the South Island of New Zealand.

Slimming down solar cells

All eyes remain on the giant A-68A iceberg on its journey across the Southern Ocean. This image shows A-68A’s movements over the past 15 days using data from the Copernicus Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-3 missions.

Kiruna, the northernmost town in Sweden, is featured in this snowy image captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission.

An enormous iceberg, called A-68A, has made headlines over the past weeks as it drifts towards South Georgia in the Southern Ocean. New images show the berg is rotating and potentially drifting westwards.

Move over plastic: desktop 3D printing in metal or ceramics

Thomas Pesquet works in the European Columbus laboratory in space

The Copernicus Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite lifts off on a Falcon 9 rocket from the Space Launch Complex at the Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, US.

After countless simulations and a dress rehearsal, ESA's flight control team are ready for liftoff

This Copernicus Sentinel-2 image features the Vandenberg Air Force Base, in California, where the Copernicus Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite will soon launch from.

Space opera

The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over Darmstadt – home to ESA’s European Space Operations Centre.

Cosmic furnace seen by XMM-Newton

Shape-shifting mirror

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