The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission brings us this cloud-free view of Svalbard, a remote Norwegian archipelago in the Arctic Ocean.
Night-Time Light Emissions During Blackout in Spain and Portugal
As the night closed in on Spain and Portugal on April 28, 2025, polar satellites followed the blackout that lasted well into the early hours of the morning in several regions.
Aces on Its Way to Space
On April 21, 2025, ESA’s Atomic Clock Ensemble in Space (ACES) began its journey to the International Space Station on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, United States.
The Shrinking Aral Sea
Straddling the border between Kazakhstan in the north and Uzbekistan in the south, the Aral Sea was once a large inland water body in Central Asia.
Spectrum Rocket Takes Test Flight and Clears Launch Pad
Isar Aerospace’s two-stage launch vehicle Spectrum is 28 meters tall, 2 meters in diameter and, with its 10 engines, it’s targeting to launch payloads of up to 1,000 kilograms to low Earth orbit.
Solar Flare Seen by Solar Orbiter
This solar flare was captured by the ESA-led Solar Orbiter mission on Sept. 30, 2024.
Tokyo Seen from Space
This Copernicus Sentinel-1 radar image shows Tokyo and its metropolitan area, the largest urban agglomeration in the world.
Heart of Mount St. Helens
For Valentine’s Day (Feb. 14, 2025), the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission picks out a heart in the landscape north of Mount St. Helens in the state of Washington. Mount St. Helens is an active volcano, known for its eruption on May 18, 1980, one of the...
São Francisco River, Brazil
This Copernicus Sentinel-2 image highlights part of the São Francisco River in eastern Brazil.
Animation Shows Land Burned by Palisades Wildfire
This pair of Copernicus Sentinel-2 images highlights the vast area impacted by one of the wildfires that has been ravaging the Los Angeles region.
