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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.
Released September 3, 2026, USGS Version 2.0 adds Alaska, Hawaii and most U.S. territories to the Cooperative National Geologic Map.
EUMETSAT schedules Copernicus Sentinel-3C for launch aboard a Vega-C rocket at 01:21 UTC on 15 September 2026.
The ESO Council has appointed Andreas Kaufer to succeed Xavier Barcons as director general. Barcons will remain in the role until the end of August 2026, with the handover planned for September.
Wind measurements across seven hot, Jupiter-like worlds show that the hottest planets have the slowest atmospheric flows, a pattern researchers link to planetary magnetism.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
A source-based review of UNEP’s 2 September 2026 speech and the WHO’s public-health resolution on the lasting consequences of nuclear weapons and testing.
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.
Innovate UK is funding 23 feasibility studies through the National Materials Innovation Programme, including projects focused on green hydrogen and biodegradable knee implants.
A source-based review of the ESO account of AES Andes’ withdrawal from the proposed INNA green hydrogen and ammonia project near Paranal.
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 WMO account of Nepal’s 26 August flash-flood disaster reports 359 bodies recovered and 73 injured by 27 August as rescue operations continue.
Provisional EEA data show average CO2 emissions from newly registered cars and vans fell in 2025, alongside a growing share of electric vehicles.
UNEP says its AI-assisted methane monitoring helps analysts process satellite data faster, while human experts verify detections before alerts become mitigation actions.
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.
CERN’s CMS experiment reports its most precise beauty-meson CP-violation result yet, tightening evidence around a central matter–antimatter puzzle.
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%.
A practical guide to resolution, uncertainty and baselines.
We ran a 21-day co-location test against a calibrated reference monitor.
Three dawn surveys tested clarity, handling and weather sealing.
