Faster-flowing glaciers fuel decades...

2026-09-17, 08:00 ESA

The longest satellite data record of ice-sheet change ever assembled has revealed that Greenland and Antarctica have lost a staggering 11 trillion tonnes of ice since the 1970s, driving global sea ...

Relive the launch of FLEX and...

2026-09-16, 08:40 ESA

Watch the full replay of the launch of ESA's state-of-the-art FLEX Earth Explorer satellite and the Copernicus Sentinel-3C satellite. Both were launched together aboard a Vega-C rocket from Europe's ...

FLEX and Sentinel-3C launch highlights

2026-09-16, 08:30 ESA

ESA's state-of-the-art FLEX Earth Explorer satellite and the Copernicus Sentinel-3C satellite have been launched together aboard a Vega-C rocket from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana, marking a ...

FLEX and Sentinel-3C launched

2026-09-16, 08:10 ESA

The European Space Agency's FLEX Earth Explorer satellite and the Copernicus Sentinel-3C satellite have been launched together aboard a Vega-C rocket from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana, marking ...

FLEX and Sentinel-3C ready for...

2026-09-15, 08:40 ESA

Two Earth observation satellites – ESA's Fluorescence Explorer (FLEX) satellite, and the third satellite for the Copernicus Sentinel-3 mission – are encapsulated inside the nose cone of a Vega-C ...

ESAs FLEX mission reveals the secret...

2026-09-15, 08:30 ESA

Plants may look still and silent, but every leaf is constantly responding to its environment.As plants photosynthesise, they emit an incredibly faint glow called fluorescence. Invisible to our eyes, ...

A team of teams like never before:...

2026-09-12, 11:10 ESA

On 15 September, two spacecraft will leave Earth together aboard the same launcher from Europe's spaceport in Kourou: FLEX, ESA's photosynthesis mission, and Sentinel-3C, Copernicus' newest satellite ...

Ten quirky facts about plant...

2026-09-11, 08:30 ESA

If you had to describe a plant, the first thing you might start with is its colour – and the first colour that usually comes to mind, is green. And indeed, by and large, plants appear green to our ...

How Sentinel-3 tracks climate change

2026-09-11, 08:00 ESA

Copernicus Sentinel-3 is one of the most diverse missions for measuring and monitoring Earth's climate systems. It captures a breadth of data about the environment and has contributed substantially ...

Latest updates: BepiColombos arrival...

2026-09-10, 09:20 ESA

After eight years of travelling through the inner Solar System, BepiColombo is arriving at Mercury. This page will show the latest updates throughout the mission's arrival. BepiColombo is a ...