What will the Euclid telescope be used to send into space this summer?
Nina Droff, Edited by Yannis Dares
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3:56 PM, February 22, 2023
After the American James Webb telescope, the European Space Agency is also preparing to launch its own telescope called Euclid into space. A new tech pioneer leaves for a six-year mission into the darkness of the universe. But what will this task be used for? Europe 1 takes inventory.
This is a particularly important mission that will begin this summer. This year, the European Space Agency will launch the Euclid telescope, a new technological flagship, which will observe the universe from space to study our past. But why send a telescope into space? And to study what? Europe 1 takes inventory.
Study the evolution of the universe
Euclid’s telescope should make it possible to learn more about the formation and evolution of the universe. With its 1.2-meter diameter mirror, the telescope will be able to image the universe and its components. Thanks to its very accurate perception of light, it will be able to show us how the universe has changed over the past 10 billion years. Using this data, the space agency intends to create the largest 3D map of the universe ever produced.
An ambitious mission that could teach us more about other galaxies around our own, or even about the mysterious dark matter dominating space that remains a mystery to researchers. The telescope will leave Earth next July. It will be launched on a Falcon 9 rocket, which will lift off from Florida.
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