Goal 3: Strengthen European Autonomy and Resilience

ESA has set five goals to achieve by 2040. Goal 3 is to Strengthen Autonomy and…

Goal 4: Boost Growth and Competitiveness

ESA has set five goals to achieve by 2040. Goal 4 is to Boost Growth and…

ESA – Goal 5: Inspire Europe

ESA has set five goals to achieve by 2040. Goal 5 is to Inspire Europe.  ESA…

Copernicus Sentinel-6B pre-launch media briefing

Copernicus Sentinel-6B, a sea-level monitoring satellite, is due to be launched no earlier than 17 November.…

Comet Lemmon meets NGC 3184

Discovered in January 2025, comet Lemmon, or C/2025 A6 (Lemmon), became visible to the naked eye…

ESA – Earth from Space: Prague

This very high-resolution image captures the beautiful medieval core of the Czech capital, Prague. Zoom in…

A solar prominence hovers over the Sun

The Sun is always mesmerising to watch, but Solar Orbiter captured a special treat on camera: a dark ‘prominence’ sticking out from the side…

Sentinel-6B lifts off to continue sea-level record

Copernicus Sentinel-6B was launched on 17 November 2025, ready to continue a decades-long mission to track…

ESA – Sentinel-6B launch coverage

Copernicus Sentinel-6B was launched on 17 November 2025, ready to continue a decades-long mission to track…

ESA – Carbon Amazon Rainforest Activity

For decades, the Amazon rainforest has quietly absorbed vast quantities of human-generated carbon dioxide, helping to…