Save the date: ESAs Living Planet...

2024-07-10, 00:36 ESA

Save the date for ESA's next Living Planet Symposium, set for 23?27 June 2025 at the Austria Center Vienna. Held every three years, this premier Earth observation conference continues to expand in ...

A first: EarthCARE reveals inner...

2024-07-10, 00:21 ESA

Less than a month after it was launched, ESA's EarthCARE satellite has returned the first image from one of its instruments ? an image that, for the first time from space, unveils the internal ...

Earth from Space: Meteor Crater

2024-07-10, 00:06 ESA

Ahead of Asteroid Day, the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over the Meteor Crater, also known as the Barringer Meteorite Crater.Zoom in to explore this image at its full 10 m resolution.Around ...

10 impact craters seen from space

2024-07-09, 21:19 ESA

Have you ever wondered what an impact crater looks like from space? Today, we're counting down some of our favourite impact craters here on Earth ? captured by Earth-observing satellites.Craters are ...

EarthCARE offers a sneak peek into...

2024-07-09, 21:04 ESA

Offering a foretaste of what's to come once it is fully commissioned, ESA's EarthCARE satellite has returned the first images from its broadband radiometer instrument. These initial images offer a ...

Earth from Space: Madeira

2024-07-09, 20:49 ESA

The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission captured a rare, cloud-free image over the Portuguese archipelago of Madeira in the North Atlantic Ocean.Zoom in to explore this image at its full 10 m resolution or ...

Will climate change turn the Arctic...

2024-06-18, 11:50 ESA

The Arctic is in the hotseat of climate change, warming four times faster than anywhere else on Earth.Already, the Arctic Ocean has experienced immense change. Sea ice which once covered a vast ...

Preparing ESAs Arctic Weather...

2024-06-17, 13:22 ESA

With ESA's Arctic Weather Satellite due to launch in a few weeks, the satellite is now at the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California being readied for its big day. Once in orbit, this new mission ...

Earth from Space: Heel of Italy

2024-06-14, 13:16 ESA

The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over a section of Italy's heel in the southern part of the boot-shaped peninsula.Zoom in to explore this image at its full 10 m resolution or click on the ...

Hera and its CubeSats speak with...

2024-06-13, 15:52 ESA

ESA's Hera asteroid mission and its two CubeSats interacted as if they were in space, within the foam pyramid-lined walls of the Agency's Maxwell test chamber in the Netherlands. The trio ...