Ahead of the upcoming Ariane 5 launch of the James Webb Space Telescope, the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over Kourou – home to Europe’s…
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December 7, 2021 Flows of superheated ash and tephra mixed with rain to create destructive rivers of debris on the Indonesian volcano. Mount Semeru, the…
Image of Kainji Lake, a reservoir on the Niger River in western Nigeria, captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission on November 11, 2020. Credit: Contains…
October 9, 2021 The hot springs at Pamukkale, Turkey, have produced the world’s largest deposit of travertine. The hot springs and thermal pools at Pamukkale,…
June 8, 2021 June 18, 2021 This autumn marks the 400th anniversary of a 1621 gathering of members of the Wampanoag Nation and European colonists near Plymouth,…
September 5, 2019 The Daintree region of Queensland, Australia, is home to one of the world’s oldest forests and hosts a vast range of unique…
October 7, 2021 Novel geochemical dating techniques show that Norse people were in L’Anse aux Meadows exactly 1,000 years ago. Since the 1960s, archaeologists have…
October 9, 2018 The James Webb Space TelescopeThe James Webb Space Telescope (JWST or Webb) is an orbiting infrared observatory that will complement and extend…
Image of Cancún, Mexico captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission on April 16, 2021. Credit: Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021), processed by ESA, CC…
July 18, 2021 Moist ocean air and steady winds pile up thunderheads and anvil clouds around Indonesia. An astronaut onboard the International Space Station shot…
The Shetland Islands, an archipelago in the Northern Isles of Scotland, are featured in this Copernicus Sentinel-2 image. Credit: Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021),…
October 12, 1987 October 9, 2021 As temperatures rise on the Tibetan Plateau, lakes are growing larger and deeper. Glaciologists often call the Tibetan Plateau and its…
September 8, 2021 Spencer Gulf in South Australia hosts the world’s largest cuttlefish mass spawning event. Each winter from May to August, thousands of Australian giant…
Ahead of Columbus Day, findings pose further questions of what the explorer really expected to find on his voyage. New analysis of ancient writings suggests…
May 9, 2021 The southern coasts of this Chinese island are lined with tropical beaches, while the inner bays are lined with floating fishing villages.…
Image of lava flow on the Spanish island of La Palma captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission on September 30, 2021. Credit: Contains modified Copernicus…
September 26, 2021 A slow-moving wall of basaltic lava is bulldozing its way through communities on one of the Canary Islands. After Cumbre Vieja split open and…
August 27, 2021 September 1, 2017 Water levels at Glen Canyon Dam have fallen to their lowest level since 1969 and are still dropping. As…
Maharloo Lake, a seasonal salt lake in Iran, is featured in this image captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission. Credit: Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data…
August 11, 2021. (Click image for wide, high-resolution image.) Several filmmakers have used the desert landscapes of Wadi Rum as a stand-in for the Red…