With SpaceX rocket
ESA probe launched into space: “Euclid” is to explore dark matter
See in the video: ESA probe to explore dark matter and explore the origins of the universe
STORY: The mission of the ESA space telescope “Euclid” is to explore dark matter and dark energy and thus look back almost to the beginning of the universe. On Saturday, the two-ton research device, the size of a small car, is to be launched into space aboard a SpaceX rocket from the Cape Canaveral Cosmodrome in Florida. Andreas Rudolph, flight director of the mission: “Well, with Euclid we are trying to understand how our universe has developed since the Big Bang. We are looking, so to speak, very far back into our past, 10 billion years. How has our cosmos, our own Milky Way, developed , other Milky Ways in the Universe and how did it all evolve? Why are we where we are today?” In particular, the scientists at the European Space Agency are trying to get closer to the mystery of dark matter and dark energy, two physical phenomena that are still the subject of many questions. “The universe as we know it today, we know about five percent is made up of matter like you and I know, stardust, all sorts of things. However, there is… To explain the expansion of the universe, there are missing 95 percent of us. These 95 percent are dark matter and dark energy. Why are they called that? Because we can’t see them. That means we’re trying to better understand this invisible matter, the invisible energy, with Euclid.” It is planned that the space telescope will scan around 35 percent of the entire sky over the next six years. And according to ESA, the largest and most accurate 3D map of the universe to date will be created.
The European space telescope “Euclid” has started its journey into space. The European Space Agency ESA hopes that this will provide information about the origins of the universe.
The European probe “Euclid” for the study of dark matter and dark energy has been launched into space. The aircraft of the European Space Agency ESA took off on Saturday from the US spaceport Cape Canaveral on board a Falcon 9 rocket from the US company SpaceX, as shown in live images.
With a high-resolution telescope, “Euclid” will take a look into the past of the universe and explore its development over the last ten billion years. Also, aim to create a 3D map where time is the third dimension. In total, data on billions of galaxies is to be collected.
ESA wants to explore the past of the universe
“Euclid” is to fly about 1.5 million kilometers into space. It will take about a month to get there. After a few tests, the mission, which costs around 1.4 billion euros, should really get going in October. The probe will initially be in use for six years.
With the help of “Euclid”, researchers want to see the expansion of the universe and understand how individual structures formed. From this they want to draw conclusions about dark matter and dark energy.
Giuseppe Racca, who is responsible for the mission at ESA, assumes that “Euclid” will provide an enormous amount of new information. “I expect that ‘Euclid’ will flood the scientific community with an unprecedented, massive amount of data.”