SUNSHINE 2nd Training Seminar [applications open] sonia Fri, 09/01/2026 – 14:47 Are you involved in civil protection or emergency response activities? Would you like to improve how your organisation prepares for and manages disasters using EU Space data and services? The SUNSHINE project, which is developed under the guidance of the European Commission’s DG DEFIS and in partnership…

Often called Earth’s green lungs, tropical forests pull down massive amounts of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, release oxygen and help regulate the global climate. While the threat of large-scale deforestation is well known, new findings reveal a surprising culprit – the clearance of small areas of forest accounts for more than half of net…

Image: This image, captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission on 6 January 2026, shows Amsterdam in the Netherlands blanketed in snow.

The extent and speed of ice moving off the ice sheets of Greenland and Antarctica into the sea – an important dynamic for climate and sea-rise modelling – has been captured over a 10-year period by satellites from the Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission.

As part of the ESA Academy Experiments programme, the GRASP student team from Sapienza University of Rome tested a robotic arm fitted with a gecko-inspired adhesive gripper under microgravity-like conditions. The test campaign took place in November 2025 at ESA ESTEC’s Orbital Robotics Lab. The experiment aims to advance technologies for active debris removal and spacecraft docking operations. 

Image: This week Earth from Space features a wintery image: a red and white sphere that, if seen from a distance, resembles a festive decoration.

Have you ever dreamed of implementing your own CubeSat mission but did not know where to start? Have you ever imagined being part of a mission operating a CubeSat in orbit? ESA’s Education Office is inviting university students to apply for the CubeSat Hands-On Training Week 2026. This event offers a rare chance to strengthen…

The Swedish-German REXUS/BEXUS programme has selected a new group of student teams for the next flight campaign. These teams will have the opportunity to design and develop their own experiments for launch on a stratospheric balloon or a sounding rocket.

45th EARSeL Symposium – Call for Abstracts is open sonia Thu, 18/12/2025 – 10:42 The abstract submission is open for the 45th EARSeL Symposium When:                29 September – 02 October 2026Where:              Athens, Greece The Symposium will include 7 workshops and 18 special sessions. Please visit the Symposium website  for more information on the venue and…

2026 GEO Symposium / GEO-21 Plenary sonia Thu, 18/12/2025 – 09:29 Registration is now open for the 2026 GEO Symposium and GEO-21 Plenary, which will take place 26–28 May 2026 in Geneva, Switzerland.  Held under the theme “Investing in Earth Intelligence for a Resilient Future,” the 2026 GEO Symposium and GEO-21 Plenary will convene governments, space agencies, research…