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Webb finds evidence of a lightweight planet around TWA 7

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The beginning of Ignis Mission

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Press Release N° 24–2024
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ESA and NASA join forces to land Europe’s rover on Mars

ESA and NASA are consolidating their cooperation on the ExoMars Rosalind Franklin mission with an agreement that ensures important US contributions, such as the launch service, elements of the propulsion system needed for landing on Mars and heater units for the Rosalind Franklin rover.
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Webb finds evidence of a lightweight planet around TWA 7

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εpsilon: Sophie Adenot’s first mission name and patch unvei…

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ESA 3D prints first metal part on the International Space Station

The first metal 3D printer in space, a collaboration between ESA and Airbus, has printed its first metal product on the International Space Station, a breakthrough in crew autonomy for future long-duration exploration missions.
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ESA’s new asteroid hunter opens its eye to the sky

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Close approach of asteroid (424482) 2008 DG5

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Living Planet Symposium Extras News: Day 3

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Earth from Space: Vienna’s Danube divide

20/06/2025 2593 views 44 likes
A close-up view of Vienna, Austria’s capital city, is featured in this image from April 2025.
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ESA’s Space Systems for Safety and Security (4S) programme

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Media invitation: Last chance to see the EarthCARE cloud and aerosol satellite in Europe

On 1 February, media representatives have the unique opportunity of seeing  the EarthCARE satellite up close in the cleanroom at Airbus facilities in Friedrichshafen, Germany, before the spacecraft is packed up and shipped to California, USA, for a launch scheduled in May.
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R&D Successes Onboard Biomass

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Press Release N° 8–2024
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Call for interest: Ariane 6 launch media events at Europe’s Spaceport

Media representatives are invited to express their interest in attending media events at Europe's Spaceport at Kourou, French Guiana, for the first flight of Europe's new rocket Ariane 6. Journalists wishing to participate in either or both the pre-launch and launch media programmes detailed below, are asked to submit their application via ESA’s media accreditation page by Friday 1 March 2024.
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Earth from Space: Changing Iceland in colour

24/05/2024 3100 views 41 likes
Iceland's Reykjanes Peninsula is featured in this colourful radar image captured by Copernicus Sentinel-1.
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Earth from Space: New Zealand’s North Island

17/05/2024 2810 views 35 likes
Captured on 7 May 2024, this Copernicus Sentinel-2 image shows part of New Zealand’s North Island.
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Earth from Space: Bolivian salt lakes

10/05/2024 3971 views 68 likes
This Copernicus Sentinel-2 image features salt flats and lakes in southwest Bolivia, near the crest of the Andes Mountains.
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Earth from Space: Namibian landforms

03/05/2024 3621 views 59 likes
This image may resemble the surface of Mars, but it was actually captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission, revealing the stunning terrain of northwest Namibia.
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Earth from Space: Seychelles

26/04/2024 3033 views 46 likes
The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over part of the Seychelles, an island republic in the western Indian Ocean.
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Earth from Space: The Mekong Delta

19/04/2024 2203 views 40 likes
Earth from Space: The Mekong Delta
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Earth from Space: The Ebro Delta

12/04/2024 2925 views 50 likes
This Copernicus Sentinel-2 image shows the delta of the Ebro River on the northeast coast of Spain.
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Earth from Space: Victoria, Australia

05/04/2024 2539 views 53 likes
This Copernicus Sentinel-2 image features part of Victoria, a state in southeast Australia.
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Earth from Space: The Amazon plume

29/03/2024 3231 views 56 likes
The Copernicus Sentinel-3 mission takes us over northern Brazil, where the Amazon River meets the Atlantic Ocean.
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Earth from Space: Southeast Kenya

22/03/2024 2261 views 59 likes
The striking contrast of the diverse landscape in southeast Kenya is featured in this false-colour image captured by Copernicus Sentinel-2.
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Earth from Space: Vienna, Austria

15/03/2024 8170 views 84 likes
The historic centre of Vienna, Austria’s capital city, is featured in this image captured on 23 June 2023.
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Earth from Space: Ireland

08/03/2024 3636 views 68 likes
The lush landscape of the island of Ireland and the coasts of Scotland, Wales and England, are pictured in this view from the Copernicus Sentinel-3 mission.
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Earth from Space: Dawson-Lambton Glacier home to penguins

01/03/2024 2742 views 55 likes
This Copernicus Sentinel-2 image features the ice tongue of the Dawson-Lambton Glacier in Antarctica.
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Earth from Space: A veil of haze and smoke

23/02/2024 4563 views 47 likes
This Copernicus Sentinel-3 image from October 2023 captures the plains of northern India and Pakistan under a white veil of haze and smoke.
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Earth from Space: Côte d'Ivoire

16/02/2024 2413 views 39 likes
The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over Côte d'Ivoire in western Africa.
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Earth from Space: South Atlantic bloom

09/02/2024 3551 views 31 likes
This wide view from the Copernicus Sentinel-3 mission captures an algae bloom around the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic Ocean.
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Earth from Space: Dubai

02/02/2024 8026 views 54 likes
This false-colour image acquired by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission shows the city of Dubai and its surroundings in the United Arab Emirates.
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Earth from Space: Snow-bound eastern US

26/01/2024 3445 views 39 likes
Record-breaking Arctic cold weather has swept through much of the United States in the last few weeks. The eastern part of the country was particularly affected with thick snow blanketing most of the region, as this Copernicus Sentinel-3 image shows.
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Earth from Space: Columbia Glacier, Alaska

19/01/2024 3878 views 48 likes
The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over Alaska’s Columbia Glacier, one of the fastest changing glaciers in the world.
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Earth from Space: Icy landscape

15/12/2023 4442 views 122 likes
As the holiday season swiftly approaches, frosty landscapes tend to be associated with the magical idea of a white Christmas. But this Copernicus Sentinel-3 image over the Antarctic Peninsula sheds light on a different perspective.
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Earth from Space: Hurricane Otis

08/12/2023 5068 views 98 likes
The powerful Hurricane Otis has been captured in this Copernicus Sentinel-3 image when it was approaching Mexico’s southern Pacific coast in October 2023.
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Earth from Space: American Samoa

01/12/2023 3700 views 107 likes
The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission shows us an amazing view of the tropical island of Tutuila, the largest in the American Samoa archipelago in the South Pacific Ocean.
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Earth from Space: Salty lakes

24/11/2023 6152 views 116 likes
The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission captures the colourful waters of two salty lakes in East Africa: Lake Natron in northern Tanzania and Lake Magadi in southern Kenya.
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Earth from Space: North Channel

17/11/2023 5787 views 128 likes
The North Channel, between Northern Ireland and Scotland, is featured in this false-colour radar image from the Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission.
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Earth from Space: Autumn in Japan

10/11/2023 10669 views 163 likes
This image, from the Copernicus Sentinel-3 mission on 1 November 2023, captures the colours of autumn over the Japanese archipelago.
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Earth from Space: Lake Maracaibo

03/11/2023 11824 views 146 likes
The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over Venezuela’s Lake Maracaibo, the largest natural body of water in South America.
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Earth from Space: Elephant Island

27/10/2023 4167 views 122 likes
This rare, almost cloud-free view of the remote Elephant Island in Antarctica was captured in February 2023 by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission.
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Earth from Space: Panama Canal

20/10/2023 13509 views 206 likes
Like shining jewels in the water, ships passing through the Panama Canal, which cuts across Central America, have been captured in this Copernicus Sentinel-1 image.
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Earth from Space: Bentiu, South Sudan

13/10/2023 9163 views 140 likes
The landscape around the city of Bentiu in South Sudan is featured in this Copernicus Sentinel-2 image.
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Earth from Space: Nueva Vizcaya, Philippines

06/10/2023 14762 views 103 likes
The heart of the Nueva Vizcaya Province on Luzon, the largest and most populated island of the Philippines, shows up brightly in this Copernicus Sentinel-2 false-colour image.
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Earth from Space: Southern Patagonian Ice Field

29/09/2023 5576 views 149 likes
Part of the Southern Patagonian Ice Field with its white glaciers and aquamarine lakes is featured in this Copernicus Sentinel-2 image from 10 January 2023.
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Earth from Space: Scorched Rhodes

22/09/2023 4052 views 125 likes
This summer, Europe experienced a relentless heatwave, fuelling wildfires in several countries. This Copernicus Sentinel-1 image shows the burn scars left by fires on the Greek island of Rhodes.
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Earth from Space: Blooms in the Gulf of Finland

15/09/2023 4318 views 133 likes
This Copernicus Sentinel-2 image features swirls of vivid, emerald green algal blooms in the Gulf of Finland.
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Earth from Space: Río de la Plata

28/07/2023 4411 views 112 likes
The Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission takes us over the Río de la Plata estuary between Argentina and Uruguay.
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Earth from Space: New York

21/07/2023 6537 views 162 likes
This Copernicus Sentinel-2 image highlights the colours of autumn over the southern part of New York state in the US.
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Earth from Space: Ethiopian painting

14/07/2023 7706 views 111 likes
Reminiscent of an artist’s pallet, this striking false-colour image captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission features Lake Abbe in northeast Ethiopia.
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Earth from Space: Cyclone Mocha

07/07/2023 4152 views 121 likes
The Copernicus Sentinel-3 mission captured this image of the powerful Cyclone Mocha on 13 May 2023 as it made its way across the Bay of Bengal heading northeast towards Bangladesh and Myanmar.
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Earth from Space: Southwest Netherlands

30/06/2023 4808 views 116 likes
Rotterdam and part of the Zeeland province in southwest Netherlands are featured in this radar image acquired by Copernicus Sentinel-1.
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Earth from Space: Tashkent, Uzbekistan

23/06/2023 4228 views 116 likes
The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over Tashkent, the capital city of Uzbekistan.
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Earth from Space: Eastern Mediterranean

16/06/2023 5935 views 159 likes
Copernicus Sentinel-3’s wide view captures the eastern edge of the Mediterranean and surrounding countries.
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Earth from Space: Cook Strait, New Zealand

09/06/2023 8818 views 135 likes
The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over Cook Strait, which separates New Zealand's North and South Islands.
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Earth from Space: Anchorage, Alaska

02/06/2023 8821 views 121 likes
From the Chugach Mountains on the right to the Cook Inlet on the left, this Copernicus Sentinel-2 image features the varied landscape surrounding Anchorage, the largest and most populous city in the state of Alaska in the United States.
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Earth from Space: São Paulo, Brazil

26/05/2023 7035 views 123 likes
This radar image from Copernicus Sentinel-1 shows the city of São Paulo and part of the homonymous state in southeast Brazil.
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Earth from Space: Oslo, Norway

19/05/2023 5207 views 128 likes
The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over Oslo, Norway’s capital and largest city, and host of the 2023 Global Space Conference on Climate Change, taking place on 23–25 May.
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Earth from Space: Nishinoshima island, Japan

12/05/2023 11159 views 199 likes
This Copernicus Sentinel-2 image features the Japanese island of Nishinoshima, in the northwest Pacific Ocean.
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Earth from Space: Farming the desert

05/05/2023 5238 views 171 likes
The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over El Oued, in northeast Algeria, about 80 km west of the border with Tunisia.
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Earth from Space: Blooming California

28/04/2023 7686 views 161 likes
Captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission on 8 April 2023, this image shows Los Angeles and part of the hinterland in Southern California.
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Earth from Space: Rome, Italy

21/04/2023 16606 views 233 likes
The historic centre of Rome, Italy’s capital city, is featured in this image captured on 28 March 2023.
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Earth from Space: Pilbara, Western Australia

14/04/2023 1264 views 24 likes
The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over part of the northern coast of the Pilbara region in Western Australia.
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Earth from Space: Seoul, South Korea

07/04/2023 4991 views 113 likes
South Korea’s capital city, Seoul, and surroundings are featured in this image, captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission on 21 February 2023.
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