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Changes in methane concentration 2019–2022

The curious case of why methane spiked around Covid

06/02/2026 3660 views 68 likes

Destination Earth ready for phase 3

Europe’s digital Earth gets ready to grow user community

02/02/2026 1450 views 20 likes

Tibetan Plateau vertical ground displacement

New satellite view of Tibet’s tectonic clash

30/01/2026 10077 views 68 likes

Global air humidity by MTG-Sounder

Europe’s next-generation weather satellite sends back first…

27/01/2026 85109 views 82 likes

Map of forest carbon from ESA’s Biomass mission

ESA’s Biomass goes live with data now open to all

26/01/2026 8038 views 86 likes

Arctic Weather Satellite in action

Arctic Weather Satellite paves way for constellation

22/01/2026 3028 views 56 likes

Gas flares in Qatar imaged by Sentinel-2A

Sentinel-2 explores night vision

15/01/2026 7865 views 107 likes

Small clearing in tropical forest

Tiny patches of deforestation drive tropical carbon loss

08/01/2026 2941 views 56 likes

Ice velocity on Jakobshavn Glacier in Greenland, 2014–2024

Sentinel-1's decade of essential data over shifting ice she…

07/01/2026 4133 views 39 likes

Sea-level height in the Gulf Stream, by Sentinel-6B

First image from Sentinel-6B extends sea-level legacy

16/12/2025 2852 views 39 likes

Methane from landfill site

Satellites help tackle landfill methane leaks

15/12/2025 5172 views 65 likes

High-energy protons during solar storm over the North Pole

Swarm detects rare proton spike during solar storm

11/12/2025 8921 views 77 likes

ROSE-L set up for acoustic testing

ROSE-L given the shakes

08/12/2025 1827 views 18 likes

EarthCARE improves estimates of how clouds influence Earth’s energy balance

EarthCARE lifts the clouds on climate models

03/12/2025 3964 views 70 likes

IRIDE’s Eaglet II satellites launched from Vandenberg

Italian mission adds to growing IRIDE space fleet

29/11/2025 2507 views 27 likes

Athens from ICEYE

High-resolution radar satellites launched for Greece

29/11/2025 11177 views 52 likes

HydroGNSS launched to ‘scout’ for water

ESA’s HydroGNSS mission launched to ‘scout’ for water

28/11/2025 4061 views 44 likes

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.

ESA and Norway explore possibility of Arctic Space Centre

27/11/2025 2977 views 26 likes

HydroGNSS

Watch: HydroGNSS, IRIDE and Greek mission satellites launch

26/11/2025 5885 views 65 likes

Formaldehyde over Africa measured by Sentinel-5A

Sentinel-5 debuts images of atmospheric gases

26/11/2025 5256 views 55 likes

Bremen by Sentinel-1D

Sentinel-1D delivers first images: from Antarctica to Bremen

26/11/2025 26532 views 60 likes

MetOp Second Generation-B1 heads for electromagnetic compatibility tests

Next MetOp Second Generation weather satellite in the spotl…

24/11/2025 1348 views 24 likes

ESA’s Earth from Space exhibit lands in Prague

ESA’s Earth from Space exhibit lands in Prague

18/11/2025 766 views 16 likes

Climbing high to measure greenhouse gas flux

ESA investigates high-stakes Amazon tipping point

17/11/2025 2952 views 42 likes

Sentinel-6B separates from rocket

Sentinel-6B launched to extend record of sea-level rise

17/11/2025 4487 views 47 likes

Forest floor and forest canopy

Brazil gears up to harness ESA’s Biomass data

13/11/2025 3627 views 44 likes

Sentinel-6B release into orbit

Watch: Sentinel-6B launch live broadcast

13/11/2025 5997 views 46 likes

Amazon rainforest

ESA satellites track progress on Paris Agreement goals

07/11/2025 2675 views 23 likes

HydroGNSS satellite twins ready for launch

ESA’s HydroGNSS Scout satellites ready for launch

06/11/2025 2811 views 36 likes

Sentinel-1D lifts off on Ariane 6

Sentinel-1D reaches orbit on Ariane 6

04/11/2025 12658 views 45 likes

Sentinel-1D about to meet rocket

Sentinel-1D and Ariane 6 ready for liftoff

03/11/2025 5975 views 15 likes

Sentinel-1C interferogram of northern Chile

Sentinel-1 mission… did you know?

03/11/2025 2123 views 35 likes

Earthquake damage

AI challenge advances satellite-based disaster mapping

29/10/2025 2474 views 34 likes

Ariane 6 fairing release revealing Sentinel-1D

Watch live: Sentinel-1D launch on Ariane 6

28/10/2025 21332 views 137 likes

FutureEO: pioneering Earth observation for a better world

FutureEO at ESA’s Ministerial Council 2025

23/10/2025 3353 views 32 likes

First image of nitrogen dioxide from Sentinel-4

Sentinel-4 offers first glimpses of air pollutants

21/10/2025 13232 views 105 likes

Sentinel-1D fuelled in Kourou

Sentinel-1D fuelled and ready for encapsulation

20/10/2025 2159 views 41 likes

South Atlantic Anomaly 2025 compared to 2014

Swarm reveals growing weak spot in Earth’s magnetic field

13/10/2025 86704 views 286 likes

Sea state

Satellites reveal the power of ocean swell

08/10/2025 6068 views 57 likes

Copernicus Sentinel-1D team in Kourou

Sentinel-1D preparations underway in Kourou

08/10/2025 2599 views 32 likes

In September, mission controllers at ESA's mission control centre started a major simulations exercise to ensure that the next Copernicus Sentinel Earth Observation mission, Sentinel-6B, safely navigates its first days in space.

Enabling & Support

Rehearsing for Sentinel-6B’s early days in space

08/10/2025 1529 views 18 likes

Sentinel-6B ready to start its launch campaign

Sea-level monitoring satellite unboxed

01/10/2025 3469 views 23 likes

HydroGNSS

HydroGNSS: ESA’s first Scout begins launch preparations

29/09/2025 1894 views 21 likes

Radar images of Puch in X, C, S and L bands

Measuring soil from the sky for ROSE-L and CHIME

24/09/2025 1253 views 12 likes

WIVERN

ESA selects WIVERN as 11th Earth Explorer mission

23/09/2025 7679 views 92 likes

Antarctic subglacial lake inventory

85 new subglacial lakes detected below Antarctica

19/09/2025 10389 views 89 likes

Simulations ongoing for Sentinel-1D

Enabling & Support

“We know the drill”: Sentinel-1D begins streamlined simulat…

16/09/2025 1209 views 19 likes

Unloading Sentinel-1D

Sentinel-1D in French Guiana for launch campaign

11/09/2025 4679 views 35 likes

Second MTG-Imager in the thermal vacuum chamber

Second MTG-Imager satellite passes thermal vacuum test

04/09/2025 2418 views 38 likes

First glimpse of MetOp-SG-A1 Microwave Sounder data

New MetOp Second Generation weather satellite returns first…

02/09/2025 10235 views 73 likes

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