ERS-2 reentering the atmosphere: 03:43 UTC, 3 February 2024

ESA’s European Remote Sensing 2 satellite (ERS-2) was recently spotted tumbling as it descends through the…

Ariane 6 arrives at Europe’s Spaceport via Canopée

In time for its summer launch this year, Ariane 6 has arrived at the port of…

ESA – Tobago oil spill

Before and after satellite images from the Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission show the scale of the oil…

Earth from Space: Côte d’Ivoire

The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over Côte d’Ivoire in western Africa.  Zoom in to explore this…

Colouring what human eyes can’t see

If the Hubble Picture of the Week from two weeks ago was somewhat dim and subtle in appearance, then this…

ESA – Saying goodbye to ERS-2

Every day the men and women of ESA’s technical heart head to work past this 1:1…

What does a warming Arctic mean for the future?

The Arctic is experiencing disproportionately higher temperature increases compared to the rest of the planet, triggering…

ESA – Blanketed Po Valley

This image, captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-3 mission on 29 January 2024, shows a mix of…

Sun’s surprising activity surge in Solar Orbiter snapshot

See how the Sun changed between February 2021 and October 2023. As the Sun approaches the…

New Year wishes from ESA’s European Astronaut Centre

ESA astronaut candidates Sophie Adenot, Rosemary Coogan, Pablo Álvarez Fernández, Raphaël Liégeois, and Marco Sieber, ESA…