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Thwaites Glacier from Sentinel-1

How hidden lakes threaten Antarctic Ice Sheet stability

03/04/2025 2318 views 13 likes

Arctic Weather Satellite introduces a new channel

ESA’s Arctic Weather Satellite hailed as excellent

31/03/2025 5150 views 84 likes

IRIDE first image over Rome

IRIDE first image presented at ESA–ESRIN

28/03/2025 30620 views 64 likes

Biomass heads for the launch site

ESA’s pioneering Biomass satellite arrives at launch site

10/03/2025 4613 views 54 likes

Nord Stream pipe lines

Nord Stream methane leak far bigger than estimated

05/03/2025 6868 views 46 likes

MTG-S and Sentinel-4 in the cleanroom in Bremen, lateral view

Two atmospheric missions on one satellite

20/02/2025 2326 views 31 likes

Glacier ice loss 2000–2023

Glacier melt intensifying freshwater loss and accelerating …

19/02/2025 11639 views 65 likes

Sentinel-1C interferogram of northern Chile

Sentinel-1C demonstrates power to map land deformation

13/02/2025 9065 views 107 likes

Biomass standing proud

Forest mission on show

11/02/2025 5464 views 61 likes

Sodankylä, Finnish Lapland

ESA and Finland pave the way towards a supersite for Earth …

04/02/2025 4529 views 63 likes

Top 10 persistent methane sources

03/02/2025 8426 views 75 likes

19 New signatures for Copernicus Contributing Missions, Brussels

19 New Space signatures for Copernicus Contributing Missions

28/01/2025 3325 views 22 likes

Copernicus Carbon Dioxide Monitoring mission

Europe’s carbon dioxide monitoring mission elevated to the …

28/01/2025 2578 views 15 likes

The Sentinel-1 mission

Ariane 6 to take Sentinel-1D into orbit

28/01/2025 5118 views 30 likes

MetOp Second Generation

First MetOp Second Generation satellite to launch in August

28/01/2025 5048 views 43 likes

Fires threaten topical forest biome

Smouldering woody debris fuels air pollution over the Amazon

27/01/2025 2034 views 28 likes

Swarm detects tidal signatures of our oceans

22/01/2025 3577 views 68 likes

EarthCARE for a better understanding of Earth's radiation balance

EarthCARE goes live with data now available to all

16/01/2025 7614 views 75 likes

InCubed key visual

InCubed launches highlight ESA’s support for innovation

15/01/2025 2052 views 35 likes

IRIDE

IRIDE pathfinder satellite has launched

15/01/2025 3860 views 47 likes

Autumn equinox

Top Earth observation stories of 2024

23/12/2024 3636 views 19 likes

Jakobshavn Glacier, Greenland

ESA and NASA deliver first joint picture of Greenland Ice S…

20/12/2024 21360 views 59 likes

FORUM

ESA signs launch contract for climate mission FORUM with Av…

18/12/2024 1599 views 21 likes

Stratospheric balloon furthers CAIRT

High-altitude balloon ride offers new perspective for CAIRT

12/12/2024 1921 views 33 likes

Generating 3D cloud maps

AI-powered satellite data reveals clouds in 3D

11/12/2024 4668 views 61 likes

The Netherlands from Sentinel-1C

Sentinel-1C captures first radar images

10/12/2024 26941 views 156 likes

Methane concentrations near Cheltenham

UK methane leak spotted using satellites

09/12/2024 10756 views 56 likes

Vega-C lifts off with Sentinel-1C

Double win for Europe: Sentinel-1C and Vega-C take to the s…

06/12/2024 12442 views 68 likes

A Journey to Liverpool

ESA teams up with Massive Attack to boost climate action

02/12/2024 2569 views 24 likes

Artist's impression of Copernicus Sentinel-1C in its Vega-C launcher

Watch live: Vega-C to launch Sentinel-1C

29/11/2024 30371 views 47 likes

EarthCARE data and validation flight tracks

Taking to the skies for EarthCARE

28/11/2024 2296 views 24 likes

NanoMagSat patch

ESA awards development contract for NanoMagSat

27/11/2024 2301 views 31 likes

Sentinel-1C ready for encapsulation in Vega-C's fairing

10 ways Sentinel-1 data lets us ‘see’ our world

27/11/2024 4234 views 41 likes

Kronebreen glacier seen from above

Space for Shore: Sentinel-1 reveals Arctic glacier retreat

19/11/2024 3243 views 56 likes

Fuelling Sentinel-1C

Sentinel-1C fuelled ahead of liftoff

18/11/2024 3184 views 39 likes

Greece from Sentinel-2

ESA signs contracts advancing Greece’s Earth observation ca…

14/11/2024 5431 views 56 likes

Drought weakens land carbon sink

Extreme heat weakens land’s power to absorb carbon

13/11/2024 2607 views 36 likes

CHIME

CHIME given the shakes

12/11/2024 2030 views 26 likes

The colours of autumn across the western border of North Macedonia and Greece are captured in this Copernicus Sentinel-2 image from 27 October 2024.

Earth from Space: Autumn foliage across Europe

08/11/2024 6125 views 56 likes

Devastating floods in Spain witnessed by satellites

05/11/2024 133265 views 124 likes

CRISTAL satellite structure

CRISTAL prepares to sparkle

05/11/2024 2427 views 12 likes

Adriatic Bloom

How marine heatwaves impact phytoplankton and ocean health

31/10/2024 2071 views 33 likes

Ocean skin boosts carbon uptake

Thin cool surface skin boosts ocean’s carbon uptake

25/10/2024 2490 views 41 likes

Copernicus Sentinel Expansion missions

Future of Copernicus Expansion Missions secured

17/10/2024 6345 views 33 likes

IRIDE

Moving ahead with Italy’s constellation of Earth observatio…

16/10/2024 3909 views 20 likes

EarthCARE synergy reveals atmospheric heating rates

EarthCARE synergy reveals power of clouds and aerosols

16/10/2024 6280 views 57 likes

Harmony satellites

Contract secures build for ESA’s Harmony mission

15/10/2024 3427 views 41 likes

Living Planet Symposium 2025

Living Planet Symposium 2025: time for abstracts

14/10/2024 5129 views 24 likes

MetOp-SG-A1 complete

First all-new MetOp complete and sibling in testing

10/10/2024 3022 views 40 likes

Unloading Sentinel-1C

Sentinel-1C arrives in French Guiana

09/10/2024 8567 views 62 likes

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