A European space telescope has blasted off to explore the mysterious and invisible realm known as the dark universe
This photo provided by the European Space Agency on June 29, 2023 shows the Euclid space telescope being prepared for launch from Cape Canaveral, Fla. CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — — A European space telescope blasted off Saturday on a quest to explore the mysterious and invisible realm known as the dark universe.
Named for antiquity's Greek mathematician, Euclid will scour billions of galaxies covering more than one-third of the sky. By pinpointing the location and shape of galaxies up to 10 billion light-years away — almost all the way back to the cosmos-creating Big Bang — scientists hope to glean insight into the dark energy and dark matter that make up most of the universe and keep it expanding.
The telescope's highly anticipated 3D map of the cosmos will span both space and time in a bid to explain how the dark universe evolved and why its expansion is speeding up. NASA, which contributed Euclid’s infrared detectors, has its own mission coming up to better understand dark energy and dark matter: the Roman Space Telescope due to launch in 2027. The US-European Webb telescope can also join in this quest, officials said.
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