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Captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission on 21 April 2026, this image shows a double bloom in the Netherlands: an array of vibrant colours in the tulip fields as well as the blue-greenish swirls of phytoplankton in the North Sea.

This Copernicus Sentinel-2 image highlights a distinctive cloud formation north of the Canary Islands of Tenerife and La Gomera.

This image from the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission captures the coast of Gabon in striking colours.

Sentinel-3C on show at cleanroom in Cannes

Sentinel-3C is part of the Copernicus Earth observation programme

Chlorophyll-a change between high sea ice and the new ‘low-ice era’

Density of salps around Antarctica spanning 1976–2020

Phytoplankton bloom, Antarctica

This Copernicus Sentinel-2 image captures an active lava flow on the Piton de la Fournaise volcano on Réunion Island.

Orion and its European Service Module bringing the crew around the Moon and back to Earth

The Sentinel family

ROSE-L radar wing deployment test success

ROSE-L radar wing deployment test

The image from Copernicus Sentinel-3 shows a Saharan dust storm over the Atlantic Ocean, with the Canary Islands visible off the coast of Morocco.

Western Australia’s Kimberley region is featured in this double view from the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission.

Arctic runoff 2003–2022

Through the Cupola: Sophie Adenot photographs the Solar Array Wings

Deploying Sentinel-3C’s solar wing

Sentinel-3C solar wing test

The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission captures the icy landscape of Terra Nova Bay in East Antarctica.

Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana

Smile deploys its solar panels (artist impression, GIF)

Smile is loaded into a ship at the Port of Amsterdam

Smile leaving Saint-Nazaire in France

View of Smile in the Maritime Nantaise’s Colibri ship

Smile’s ride to French Guiana

Smile arrives at the Port of Amsterdam by truck

Occurrence of warmest sea-surface temperatures since 1985

Decline of stored carbon in northern ecosystems

For Valentine’s Day, the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission sends love from space, capturing the heart-shaped oasis of Faiyum, just south of Cairo, Egypt.

Artemis II: crew and service module separate shortly before reentry into Earth's atmosphere

ESA Director of Earth Observation Simonetta Cheli speaks during the European Space Conference in Brussels.

Global air humidity by MTG-Sounder

This image, captured by Copernicus Sentinel-3 on 18 January 2026, shows clouds of smoke from wildfires on the coast of Chile.

This Copernicus Sentinel-2 image over the South Atlantic Ocean features a close-up view of the A23a iceberg, once the world’s largest. The unusually cloud-free image shows the first signs that the iceberg will soon disintegrate completely.

ESA's fourth European Service Module at NASA's Kennedy Space Center

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

Earth radiance measured by Sentinel-5A

Antarctic Peninsula by Sentinel-1D

Tierra del Fuego by Sentinel-1D

Working on MetOp Second Generation-B1’s scatterometer

HydroGNSS satellite: Scouting for water

The backbone of ESA's fourth European Service Module at Thales Alenia Space in Turin, Italy, in May 2022

Engineers at Airbus in Bremen install one of the shield panels on ESA's European Service Module-4

European engineers placing one of four 2000-litre tanks in ESA's fourth European Service Module at prime contractor Airbus' site in Bremen, Germany, earlier this year.

HydroGNSS and Global Navigation Satellite System signals

HydroGNSS benefits from Global Navigation Satellite System

Taking gravity measurements into the future

Next Generation Gravity Mission measuring concept

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