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The Euclid Consortium Blog: going public
Euclid is a space mission in the making. We are the consortium of more than 2500 scientists and engineers partnering with ESA, to build the so far most powerful telescope for studying the nature of Dark Energy, Dark Matter and cosmology in general. We have been designing and constructing the two instruments on-board Euclid, are obtaining complementary ground-based data, develop the data analysis system, as well as simulate, test, iterate and improve all of the above again and again.
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The Euclid telescope and satellite overview
The primary aim of the Euclid mission is to stringently test our current cosmological model by precisely measuring the shapes and positions of a billion faint galaxies. This ambitious goal must be achieved within a limited budget which in turn sets strict constraints on the overall mass of the satellite and the mission duration.
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Euclid’s scientific instruments
Euclid’s core mission is to measure cosmological parameters to unprecedented accuracy with the aim to enable astronomers to decide between different cosmological models. Euclid’s data is taken by two exceptional astronomical cameras: VIS and NISP. …
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Euclid’s core science
In the first half of July we will launch a Falcon 9 rocket into far Earth orbit, carrying Euclid – a 1.4-billion-Euro precision instrument to explore the far universe. So why is the European Space Agency spending this budget on this space mission and not, say, 200 million pieces of avocado toast, for example? In fact, there are too many great answers to this question. This blog post will only focus on one: the main goal of the mission – to increase our understanding of the dark universe.
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Publication: Euclid “Red Book” passes 2500 citation mark
Currently it is the most comprehensive summary of Euclid’s mission goals, its technology and science: the “Euclid Definition Study Report“, aka The Euclid Red Book. This 116 page ESA report from 2011 concludes Euclid’s initial design phase and describes Euclid at the point of adoption as a mission by ESA.
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