Image: On World Environment Day, the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission brings us an amazing view from space of Baku, capital of Azerbaijan, hosting this year’s celebration.

For three days, students stepped into the role of Earth observation scientists at ESA’s Climate Detectives Summit 2026. From 27 to 29 May, 120 secondary school students and their teachers from 21 countries across Europe took part in the event at ESA’s centre for Earth observation, ESRIN, exploring how satellite data, science and technology are…

A foundation model trained on Earth observation data from Copernicus Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2 has been made widely available to researchers, it was announced at a computer industry conference this week in Denver, US.

Space debris is a threat to our satellites and spacecraft and contributes to near-Earth space pollution. To help raise awareness of this issue, ESA’s Education Office is organising the 9th edition of ESA Academy’s Space Debris Training Course. The Training Course will be held at ESA Academy’s Training and Learning Facility at ESA ESEC-Galaxia, Transinne, Belgium, between 21…

University students can now apply for the 2026 edition of the Access to Space Training Course, which will be held from 19 to 23 October 2026 at ESA ESEC in Belgium. Organised by ESA Academy in collaboration with the ESA Space Transportation Directorate, this course will explore how and why the European Space Agency (ESA)…

Image: This Copernicus Sentinel-2 image features the Batagaika Crater in Siberia. This is the biggest permafrost crater in the world, caused by melting permafrost and also known as a ‘mega-slump’.

Image: The Meteosat Third Generation-Imager2 satellite sets sail from France to French Guiana

Image: Europe is in the middle of a heatwave – Copernicus Sentinel-3 captured this image on Tuesday 26 May

The ESA Academy Student Associations Outreach Initiative offers a structured framework for cooperation with student associations active in space or space-related fields. Through this initiative, associations can support the dissemination of ESA Academy opportunities to their communities and benefit from visibility through ESA Academy communication channels.