Euclid
Exploring the dark Universe
The mission
ESA's Euclid mission is designed to explore the composition and evolution of the dark Universe. The space telescope will create a great map of the large-scale structure of the Universe across space and time by observing billions of galaxies out to 10 billion light-years, across more than a third of the sky. Euclid will explore how the Universe has expanded and how structure has formed over cosmic history, revealing more about the role of gravity and the nature of dark energy and dark matter.
The launch
Launch: 1 July 2023
Launch location: Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA
Launch vehicle: SpaceX Falcon 9
Destination: Sun-Earth Lagrange point 2, 1.5 million km from Earth
Upcoming data releases: See schedule
- 2 instruments
- 1/3 of the sky
- 10 billion light-years
- 3D map of the Universe
Latest
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VideoScience & Exploration
ESA’s Euclid captures the Milky Way’s crowded heart
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VideoScience & Exploration
Euclid is back – 26 million galaxies and counting
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StoryScience & Exploration
Zoom into the first page of ESA Euclid’s great cosmic atlas
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ImageScience & Exploration
Euclid's first images: the dazzling edge of darkness
