SMOS and Swarm team up to spot huge...

2024-03-26, 14:02 ESA

The Sun erupted over the weekend, flinging electromagnetic radiation towards Earth, even illuminating skies with spectacular aurora borealis. For the first time, ESA's unlikely space weather duo of ...

Building ChatGPT-style tools with...

2024-03-25, 13:23 ESA

Imagine being able to ask a chatbot, "Can you make me an extremely accurate classification map of crop cultivation in Kenya?" or "Are buildings subsiding in my street?" And imagine that the ...

Earth from Space: Southeast Kenya

2024-03-22, 11:51 ESA

The striking contrast of the diverse landscape in southeast Kenya is featured in this false-colour image captured by Copernicus Sentinel-2.Zoom in to explore this image at its full resolution or ...

Media invitation: Last chance to see...

2024-03-21, 18:34 ESA

21 March 2024On 4 April, media representatives will have the opportunity to see the Arctic Weather Satellite up close in the cleanroom at OHB Sweden facilities in Stockholm, before the spacecraft is ...

Toward the next generation of air...

2024-03-21, 18:19 ESA

Air pollution is the largest environmental health risk in Europe and significantly impacts the health of the European population, particularly in urban areas.Following on from the Sentinel-5P ...

Operations begin to de-ice...

2024-03-19, 20:49 ESA

A few layers of water ice ? the width of a strand of DNA ? are starting to impact Euclid's vision; a common issue for spacecraft in the freezing cold of space, but a potential problem for this highly ...

Earth from Space: Vienna, Austria

2024-03-15, 10:56 ESA

The historic centre of Vienna, Austria's capital city, is featured in this image captured on 23 June 2023.Zoom in to explore this image at its full resolution or click on the circles to learn ...

Taking Earth's temperature from...

2024-03-14, 17:22 ESA

Climate change exacerbates droughts by making them more frequent, longer, and more severe. This can have a wide range of impacts on the environment, agriculture, ecosystems and communities including ...

Shoebox-sized Milani CubeSat joining...

2024-03-14, 14:52 ESA

The shoebox-sized Milani CubeSat, which will perform close-up mineral prospecting of the Dimorphos asteroid, is ready for delivery to ESA's Hera asteroid mission for planetary defence. The spacecraft ...

Arctic Weather Satellite tested for...

2024-03-14, 13:52 ESA

ESA's Arctic Weather Satellite has passed its environmental test campaign with flying colours ? meaning that the satellite has been declared fit for liftoff and its life in the harsh environment of ...