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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 is back – 26 million galaxies and counting

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    Zoom into the first page of ESA Euclid’s great cosmic atlas

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    Mosaic of Euclid observations in the Southern Sky
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    Euclid's first images: the dazzling edge of darkness

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    Euclid's first images: the dazzling edge of darkness
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    Euclid liftoff

    01/07/2023 12411 views 277 likes
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