Earth from Space: Elephant Island
This rare, almost cloud-free view of the remote Elephant Island in Antarctica was captured in February 2023 by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission.Zoom in to explore this image at its full 10 m ...
Six trends to watch in commercial...
With a multitude of opportunities for start-ups, established companies and investors, commercial Earth observation is a vibrant sector with fast-moving innovations in technology, datasets and ...
Year 2075: martian rovers saved from...
The scene was set: a research base on the Red Planet was struck by a cyberattack and eight teams on Earth had just a matter of hours to save it. Far from being a farfetched scenario, cyberattacks are ...
Earth from Space: Panama Canal
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.Zoom in to explore this image at ...
Earth from Space: Bentiu, South Sudan
The landscape around the city of Bentiu in South Sudan is featured in this Copernicus Sentinel-2 image.Zoom in to explore this image at its full 10 m resolution or click on the circles to learn ...
Antarctic ice shelf demise
New research, based largely on information from the Copernicus Sentinel-1 and ESA?s CryoSat satellite missions, has revealed alarming findings about the state of Antarctica's ice shelves: 40% of ...
Measuring nutrition in crops from space
With many people around the world suffering from various forms of malnutrition it?s important that the absolute basics such as rice, soya and wheat are as nourishing as possible. ESA-funded research ...
Earth from Space: Nueva Vizcaya,...
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.Zoom in to explore this ...
Guide stars found as Euclid's...
For a few months, ESA?s dark Universe detective wasn?t quite right. It arrived smoothly at Lagrange point 2, focussed its telescope mirror and captured its first mesmerising test images. It soon ...
Younger trees champion carbon capture
Thanks to their ability to absorb and store carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, forests have long been recognised as a key tool in the fight against climate change ? but not all forests are equal. ...
