Satellites track Hurricane Melissa’s terrifying power from space

Today's Image of the Day from the European Space Agency features a powerful view of Hurricane Melissa. The image was captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-3 satellite on October 26, 2025, as the storm churned across the Caribbean Sea toward Jamaica.  The strongest storm of the year The image shows what’s known as the “brightness temperature” at the top of the hurricane’s swirling clouds - a measure that reveals how hot or cold the storm appears from space. At its center, temperatures plunge to...