Smouldering woody debris fuels air...
A groundbreaking study, funded by ESA, reveals that fire emissions in the Amazon and Cerrado are largely driven by the smouldering combustion of woody debris. This crucial discovery highlights the ...
Earth from Space: Cyclone Dikeledi
The Copernicus Sentinel-3 mission captured Cyclone Dikeledi south of Madagascar on 16 January, just a few days after it made landfall on Africa's southeastern coast causing widespread destruction in ...
Swarm detects tidal signatures of our...
A study using data from ESA's Swarm mission suggests that faint magnetic signatures created by Earth's tides can help us determine magma distribution under the seabed and could even give us insights ...
Media invitation: last chance to see...
22 January 2025On 11 February, media representatives are invited to an exclusive opportunity to view ESA's Biomass satellite up close in the cleanroom at Airbus' facilities in Toulouse, France.This ...
Earth from Space: Frozen borders
This Copernicus Sentinel-2 image captures the borders between North and South Dakota and Minnesota blanketed with snow and ice.Zoom in to explore this image at its full 10 m resolution or click on ...
Malargüe: A satellite dish best...
A capacity increase by almost 80%! In late July 2024, the Malargüe deep-space communication station completed an important upgrade of its antenna feed that will allow missions to send much more data ...
EarthCARE goes live with data now...
With ESA's EarthCARE satellite and four measuring instruments all working extremely well and fully commissioned, the mission's ?first level' data stream is now freely available.By combining data from ...
IRIDE pathfinder satellite has launched
The first IRIDE satellite ? the Pathfinder Hawk ? is now in orbit around Earth after lifting off on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on 14 January.As its ...
InCubed launches highlight ESAs...
Three InCubed satellites have launched from the Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, highlighting ESA's role as partner to industry and its support for business and technology innovation.InCubed, ...
Los Angeles struggles to contain...
Five wildfires ? the biggest of which are the Palisades and the Eaton fires ? are still currently burning (as of 10 January 2025) in areas of north Los Angeles. At least 10 people are known to have ...
