Dark energy and dark matter make up 95% of the universe, and Euclid could finally uncover their mystery.
have played. The ultimate goal, meanwhile, would be to determine what these mysterious dark forces really are.
The "dark universe" makes up the vast majority of the cosmos: it is composed of roughly 27 percent dark matter and about 68 percent dark energy. And yet, we don't fully understand what these forces are composed of — they have only been observed indirectly via the gravitational effect they have throughout the universe.Prof Amara has a lot riding on the mission and he explained that he will likely be in tears next month whether the launch is successful or not.
"When you turn down a prestigious position... to work on an idea that probably is not going to fly, they think you are nuts," Prof Amara told the BBC. "Serious people would say that's committing career suicide, why would you do that?" Impressively, though, his idea earned £1 billion in investment from ESA, and it is on the verge of flying into space. If the mission goes as planned, it will provide data that has never been available before and could vastly alter our perception of the universe.
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