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The mission

ESA's Euclid mission is designed to explore the composition and evolution of the dark Universe. The space telescope will create a great map of the large-scale structure of the Universe across space and time by observing billions of galaxies out to 10 billion light-years, across more than a third of the sky. Euclid will explore how the Universe has expanded and how structure has formed over cosmic history, revealing more about the role of gravity and the nature of dark energy and dark matter.

The launch

Launch: 1 July 2023
Launch location: Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA
Launch vehicle: SpaceX Falcon 9
Destination: Sun-Earth Lagrange point 2, 1.5 million km from Earth

Euclid

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Euclid Deep Field South, 16x zoom
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Euclid opens data treasure trove, offers glimpse of deep fi…

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Follow the reveal of Euclid’s first catalogue on 19 March

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Euclid image of a bright Einstein ring around galaxy NGC 6505
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Euclid discovers a stunning Einstein ring

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Mosaic of Euclid observations in the Southern Sky
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Zoom into the first page of ESA Euclid’s great cosmic atlas

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Example of Euclid galaxies in Galaxy Zoo
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Euclid Galaxy Zoo – help us classify the shapes of galaxies

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    Euclid's first images: the dazzling edge of darkness

    07/11/2023 64142 views 918 likes
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    Euclid's first images: the dazzling edge of darkness
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    The Universe in a box: preparing for Euclid’s survey

    09/08/2023 11959 views 310 likes
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    Euclid liftoff

    01/07/2023 12344 views 276 likes
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    The Fingertip Galaxy: Reflecting Euclid in art

    01/07/2022 4267 views 121 likes
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