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Space: Euclid satellite, towards infinity… and beyond
Space: Euclid satellite, towards infinity… and beyond – (France info)
Understanding and photographing dark matter, which represents around 95% of space, is one of the missions of the Euclid space telescope. On Tuesday, November 7, he revealed his first images.
A hidden galaxy. This spiral with a name straight out of a science fiction film is IC 342. Here is the gigantic mass of the Perseus galaxies. There are more than a thousand of them, taken in a single shot, a first. Even the famous Horsehead Nebula is sharper than ever. These first images from the European Euclid telescope have delighted engineers. “We are left speechless”confided Michael Khan, member of the ESA European Space Operations Center.
Discover the secrets of the Universe
Magnificent images just to see that everything works, because Euclid’s real mission is to create the most complete 3D map of the Universe, and to discover those secrets that scientists still can’t understand like energy and dark matter, which makes up 95% of our universe. Euclid is a technological gem worth more than a billion euros.