The Euclidean telescope is a space telescope designed to study dark matter and dark energy. Launched on July 1, Euclid was designed to study the large-scale structure and evolution of the universe.
The new telescope will help to understand how dark matter and dark energy contribute to the expansion of the universe and what impact they will have on the future of the universe.
Euclid was designed to observe in infrared light. Infrared light has longer wavelengths than light visible to the naked eye and is therefore less blocked by clouds of dust and gas.
This puts Euclid in a better position to see the effects of dark matter and dark energy.
The first images have arrived
The Euclidean space telescope, which aims to study dark matter and energy in the universe, released its first test images in Europe on Monday.
It was stated that the final capacity of the telescope was not used because these shared images were taken to verify and calibrate the operation of scientific instruments.
Giuseppe Racca, Euclidean Mission Manager of the European Space Agency (ESA), said in a statement on the subject:
After more than 11 years of designing and developing Euclid, it is exciting and very impressive to see these first images. Once fully calibrated, Euclid will observe billions of galaxies, creating the largest 3D map of the sky ever made.
After taking off from Florida on July 1, the Euclidean telescope was on its way to its target, about 1.5 million kilometers from Earth.
Euclid has two built-in instruments: an imager that observes in visible light (VIS) and a spectrometer that observes in the near infrared (NISP).
Thanks to its 3D map, the telescope will be able to make precise measurements of the distribution of galaxies and the expansion of the Universe thought to have begun 6 billion years ago.
Observed distant galaxies will make it possible to go back in time to 10 billion years ago, which is the time it takes for their light to reach us.
2023-08-01 14:34:19
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