Euclid electromagnetic compatibility tests successful
ESA's Euclid mission is undergoing the final test before launch in July 2023.
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Video: Euclid completes thermal vacuum testing
At the Thales Alenia Space test facility in Cannes, France, the massive door of the thermal vacuum chamber was opened after a month of rigorous testing of ESA's Euclid mission to explore the dark universe.
Astronomy
Nov 11, 2022
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Video: The Fingertip Galaxy: Reflecting Euclid in art
"After Euclid's lifetime, it will just be floating in space. What if future beings found Euclid? How would they know anything about the humanity of the people?" says Tom Kitching, lead scientist of Euclid's VIS instrument.
Astronomy
Jul 5, 2022
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Euclid gains solar power and protection
Spacecraft are not so different to humans—while the sun can be a great source of vital energy, both people and machines must also be protected from its harmful effects.
Space Exploration
Jun 2, 2022
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Extreme precision needed to attach two main parts of Euclid spacecraft together
On 24 March, over a dozen engineers gathered at Euclid industrial prime contractor, Thales Alenia Space in Turin, to carefully attach the two main parts of the Euclid spacecraft together. This task required such extreme precision ...
Astronomy
Mar 30, 2022
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Euclid telescope ready for extreme space environment
ESA's Euclid mission has reached a new milestone in its development with successful testing of the telescope and instruments showing that it can operate and achieve the required performance in the extreme environment of space.
Astronomy
Sep 29, 2021
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This is how ESA telescope Euclid is going to visualize dark matter
How can you see something that's invisible? Well, with Euclid! This future ESA telescope will map the structure of the universe and teach us more about invisible dark matter and dark energy. Scientific coordinator of Euclid ...
Astronomy
Feb 25, 2020
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NASA delivers hardware for ESA dark energy mission
The European Space Agency's Euclid mission, set to launch in 2022, will investigate two of the biggest mysteries in modern astronomy: dark matter and dark energy. A team of NASA engineers recently delivered critical hardware ...
Astronomy
Jul 24, 2019
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Three dark fields for Euclid's deep survey
Scientists in the Euclid Consortium have selected three extremely dark patches of the sky that will be the subject of the mission's deepest observations, aiming at exploring faint and rare objects in the Universe. The position ...
Astronomy
Jun 12, 2019
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Euclid progresses with primary mirror delivery
In order to observe billions of faint galaxies and investigate the nature of the dark Universe, ESA's pioneering Euclid mission will require state-of-the-art optics. The first optical element to be delivered, the telescope's ...
Astronomy
Nov 19, 2018
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