Sentinel-3C lifted off from Kourou on 15 September 2026, starting the planned transition that is intended to preserve Copernicus observations of oceans, land, ice and the atmosphere into the 2030s.
ESA, the City of León and the University of León scheduled a free public programme in Spain, with daytime workshops, evening talks and an English livestream planned for the eclipse.
ESA’s announced ILA Berlin 2026 programme connected Earth observation and climate with resilience, European space priorities and two days of public access.
The European Southern Observatory measured unusually high carbon and nitrogen isotope ratios in 3I/ATLAS, only the third interstellar object ever discovered.
Foundation work has begun in Chile on CTAO-South, the southern network of an international observatory built to study the Universe’s highest-energy gamma rays.
ESA described engine firings, countdown rehearsals and ground-system tests preparing Ariane 6 for its planned first launch in 2024.
EUMETSAT’s February 10 analysis details how Copernicus combines observations from geostationary and polar-orbiting satellites to track air quality and atmospheric composition.
ESO has announced Beta Pictoris d, a faint gas giant first clearly detected with the Very Large Telescope’s ERIS instrument and recovered in archival images spanning at least 11 years.
EUMETSAT is preparing Sentinel-3C for a launch later in 2026, while Sentinel-3A and Sentinel-3B continue operating in orbit.
At its 16–17 June 2026 meeting, ESA member states set a ministerial exploration review for December, authorised EPIC negotiations and extended satellite, Earth-observation and research cooperation.
The UK’s Science and Technology Facilities Council will reduce its PPAN science budget by 2.7% over four years, but current grants remain unchanged until their existing agreements expire.
The new centre will study how mitochondrial DNA mutations cause disease and turn that knowledge into therapies, but no cure is available yet.
Innovate UK’s largest Women in Innovation cohort will support 100 founders, including projects focused on biochar, algae, bee health and lower-waste manufacturing.
The WMO’s June 17 assessment links Asia’s 2025 climate record to unprecedented ocean heat, glacier mass loss, rising seas and major human losses.
The World Meteorological Organization expects a strengthening El Niño to influence global weather from August to October 2026, with regional risks ranging from heavier rainfall to drought.
More than 50 officials met in Montevideo on September 8 and 9 to advance cooperation on climate change, environmental sustainability and the energy transition.
EUMETSAT will unveil its Climate Anomalies and Normals service during a hybrid European Meteorological Society meeting focused on climate-change pressures, early warnings and societal preparedness.
Mihail Dumitru took over as chair of the EU Mission Soil Board on September 1, with appearances scheduled in Paris and Dublin later in 2026.
Innovate UK is funding 23 feasibility studies through the National Materials Innovation Programme, including projects focused on green hydrogen and biodegradable knee implants.
A WMO account of Nepal’s 26 August flash-flood disaster reports 359 bodies recovered and 73 injured by 27 August as rescue operations continue.
NASA satellite observations show the Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt reached near-record levels in June 2026, with record concentrations in the Caribbean and Gulf of America.
NASA-led measurements in Addis Ababa show how black carbon and PM2.5 change across the day and seasons, creating a rare baseline for urban air-quality research.
ESA has aligned the final two Cluster satellites for closely spaced atmospheric reentries, creating a rare airborne experiment to improve spacecraft disposal models.
NASA Webb observations of the Saguaro galaxy suggest little red dots may be a temporary phase of active supermassive black holes.
ESA says its next Meteosat imager is being prepared for an Ariane 6 launch no earlier than late August. Here is what the official announcement confirms about faster weather and lightning monitoring.
Provisional EEA data show average CO2 emissions from newly registered cars and vans fell in 2025, alongside a growing share of electric vehicles.
ESA has formally adopted Arrakihs, a space observatory planned to study the faint stellar haloes of at least 80 nearby galaxies and test how galaxies form.
UNEP says its AI-assisted methane monitoring helps analysts process satellite data faster, while human experts verify detections before alerts become mitigation actions.
A NASA Earth Observatory report connects Adélie penguin diets with Antarctic sea-ice conditions through decades of Landsat imagery.
ESA says its MTG-I2 weather satellite is planned for a 27 August Ariane 6 launch, adding lightning and rapid-imaging data for European forecasting and climate monitoring.
Verified NOAA reporting examines 27 years of Hurricane Hunter radar data and identifies storm features linked to vertical alignment before rapid intensification.
Verified reporting on INRAE’s official announcement: researchers used environmental DNA and network analysis to distinguish ecological conditions across 186 French lakes.
NASA reports that CLARREO Pathfinder has captured its first hyperspectral measurements from the ISS, opening a new phase for high-accuracy Earth observation.
NASA has selected DAPHNE for its next design phase, offering a verified update on how the twin-satellite mission could improve understanding of space weather.
CERN’s CMS experiment reports its most precise beauty-meson CP-violation result yet, tightening evidence around a central matter–antimatter puzzle.
NASA reports that Hubble data identify a previously debated merger between the young Milky Way and a dwarf galaxy, sharpening the timeline of our galaxy’s earliest growth.
NASA says the robotic mission to raise the Swift Observatory has cleared a flight-software milestone before its next orbital manoeuvres.
Verified reporting on NASA’s new Chandra-Webb-Hubble composite of the Tarantula Nebula and the evidence that hot gas escapes, mixes and conducts heat away.
ESA has announced pre-launch briefings for MTG-I2, a weather satellite intended to improve monitoring and forecasting across Europe and North Africa.
NASA’s latest Earth Observatory report uses astronaut photography to document wildfire smoke around Mount Hood and Mount Rainier during summer 2026.
ESA has set 27 August for MTG-I2, a next-generation geostationary weather satellite designed to sharpen severe-weather nowcasting and climate monitoring across Europe and North Africa.
NASA reports that the LINK servicing spacecraft has regained attitude control as teams prepare the maneuvers needed to raise the orbit of the Swift observatory.
NASA says its COFFIES team can identify signs of emerging solar active regions up to 12 hours early, while stressing that the model is not yet an operational forecast.
NASA's official Earth Observatory report details how aircraft and satellites are sampling Utah fire clouds to clarify wildfire impacts high in the atmosphere.
A 146-study review says fires, logging and forest-edge damage can release more carbon than national inventories often capture, with implications for climate accounting.
The European Environment Agency’s new assessment examines PFAS polymers’ effects from production emissions to recycling, while EU restriction talks continue.
Verified reporting from NOAA/AOML: a small uncrewed aircraft is set to feed near-surface observations into the HAFS hurricane model during the 2026 season, after retrospective tests reduced maximum-wind forecast errors by about 10%.
Astronaut photographs from the International Space Station show how wildfire smoke spread around Mount Hood and Mount Rainier, offering a clear orbital view of a fast-changing fire season.
NASA’s PACE satellite recorded the Atlantic’s second-highest Sargassum year, with regional records in the Caribbean and Gulf of America.
The U.S. National Science Foundation is funding six research centers exploring new materials for medicine, quantum science, mineral extraction, microelectronics and advanced manufacturing.
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has identified a third giant planet in the young Beta Pictoris system by detecting the chemical fingerprint of its atmosphere.
The European Space Agency is preparing public events and live coverage for the total solar eclipse crossing northern Spain, Iceland, Greenland and northeastern Portugal on 12 August 2026.
NASA-funded teams will use a high-altitude aircraft and scientific balloons to study the Sun’s corona and Earth’s atmosphere during the total solar eclipse on 12 August 2026.
A new generation of orbital sensors is turning the edge of our atmosphere into the clearest record yet of planetary change.
Faster orbital alerts are changing how super-emitters are verified.
Altimetry and colour reveal the hidden movement of energy.
Clear methods for reading the planet.
The WMO said El Niño conditions had developed in the tropical Pacific and could intensify rapidly. Here is what the July–September probabilities indicate—and where they stop.
UKRI plans to modernise grant assessment from October 2026, with faster decisions, demand controls, new review routes and safeguards around AI. Here is how applicants can prepare for each opportunity.
NASA has scheduled a media conference with SpaceX Crew-12 before the astronauts leave the International Space Station. Here is what the timetable confirms, how media representatives can participate, and which departure details still depend on Crew-13’s arrival and landing conditions.
A source-led guide to checking what the CNRS has reported about offshore wind, biodiversity and the role of collective scientific expertise in public decision-making.
A source-led guide to the European Southern Observatory’s assessment of satellite megaconstellations, its VLT simulation, and the WHO’s satellite-based air-pollution data.
A practical guide to resolution, uncertainty and baselines.
The official records support verified general-news reporting that presents nuclear weapons and testing as continuing humanitarian, environmental and public-health concerns, while clearly stating that this is a source review rather than an independent measurement or hands-on test.
The sources support a clear news finding: AES Andes withdrew INNA, and the project will not proceed. The ESO identified serious and irreversible potential damage to Paranal’s dark sky, including light pollution, micro-vibrations, dust and increased air turbulence.
A capable trend monitor for informed households, but not a regulatory instrument.
Balanced and durable field optics, with some edge softness in difficult light.
