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29 Jan 2026
Data from Swarm are helping scientists study a recently discovered phenomenon high above the poles: space hurricanes, swirling storms of charged particles that can disrupt communications and power systems – even when conditions appear calm.
28 Jan 2026
Insights from EarthCARE have shown how a volcanic eruption in Indonesia altered the composition of the stratosphere in the months and years that followed.
27 Jan 2026
This PlanetScope satellite image, acquired on 18 August 2019, shows Timișoara in Romania. Timisoara is one of Romania's largest cities, located in the west of the country.
27 Jan 2026
This panchromatic image from the Pléiades satellite mission, shows the south-west point of the island of Grenada on 16 July 2015.
27 Jan 2026
These images from the SPOT-5 satellite show the capital city of China, Beijing, on 18 May 2015.
27 Jan 2026
This satellite image from RapidEye, shows Lauwersmeer Lake in the Netherlands on 10 March 2015. The lake was formerly a bay, which formed when several rivers flooded during the Middle Ages.
20 Jan 2026
A critical five-year gap in satellite monitoring of two Italian volcanoes has been filled, giving scientists an unprecedented continuous view of ground deformation spanning more than three decades.
13 Jan 2026
Amid surging demand for lithium, PAZ has shown how lithium extraction causes the landscape to gradually subside, adding to growing concerns about the practice's environmental impact.
7 Jan 2026
In September 2025, a team working on the NightBLUE campaign reached a new milestone for EarthCARE, performing the 100th underflight of the satellite.
7 Jan 2026
In the early hours of 10 September 2025, the intrepid explorers of the NightBLUE campaign reached a remarkable milestone: the 100th underflight of the European Space Agency’s EarthCARE satellite.
11 Dec 2025
A groundbreaking collaboration between ESA's Aeolus mission and a cosmic-ray observatory in Argentina has been recognised with the German Aerospace Center's highest scientific honour.
27 Nov 2025
This ALOS-1 PRISM image, taken on 2 October 2011, shows part of the Urla Peninsula in Izmir Province, on the west coast of Türkiye.
27 Nov 2025
This Pléiades satellite image, acquired on 25 May 2014, shows Hội An City in Vietnam.
27 Nov 2025
This SPOT 6 satellite image, acquired on 15 November 2013, shows part of the Zubair Islands, a series of volcanic islands off the coast of Yemen.
27 Nov 2025
This Landsat-7 ETM+ image, taken on 7 December 2000, shows Casablanca in Morocco.
27 Nov 2025
This ICEYE satellite image of Hormuz Strait, Iran, was acquired on 23 December 2012.
27 Nov 2025
This GeoEye-1 image, acquired on 1 October 2009, shows the southern coast of Yemen at Bi'r Ali Cove.
25 Nov 2025
Marine monitoring was once the domain of institutional missions but, over the past decade, the rise of commercial satellites and constellations has transformed how ocean environments are observed and protected.
25 Nov 2025
Discover how ESA’s Third Party Missions (TPM) programme includes a range of commercial missions that monitor the marine environment.
20 Nov 2025
Established 25 years ago, the International Charter: Space and Major Disasters is an international agreement between space agencies to rapidly deliver satellite information to emergency responders during major crises.