The mission will launch on July 1 and will observe more than a billion galaxies 10 billion light-years away, to create a 3D map of the Universe in an attempt to unlock one of astronomy’s greatest mysteries. and science.
There European Space Agency (ESA) announced that the euclid space telescope is already scheduled for take-off on July 1 and will be in orbit for six years . Its main mission will be to shed light on dark matter and dark energy for further study.
The launch into the cosmos of the Euclid mission will take place through the spacex rocket Falcon 9 from Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA.
at its beginnings the mission of 1,400 million euros planned to use the Russian rocket soy However, after the sanctions against Russia for the invasion of Ukraine , Moscow has decided to withdraw its launchers from the mission. To this extent, the space agency had to resort to SpaceX american billionaire company Elon Musk which would explain its take-off position.
ESA announced via Twitter that a live broadcast of the rocket launch will take place on July 1 from 3:30 p.m. BST (10:30 a.m. Chile).
The space telescope has a weight of two tons, a height of 4.7 meters and a width of 3.5 meters. It will keep company James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) 1.5 million kilometers from Earth, at a point called second point of the Earth-Sun Lagrangian.
Mission Euclid into the unknown
The Euclid mission was designed to learn more about the dark side of the universe . Based on the composition of the cosmos, the rotation of galaxies and the ever-expanding universe, experts say are two invisible entities that dominate the cosmos, called dark matter and dark energy.
According to scientists, the Earth, the Milky Way and even the distant galaxies observed represent only 5% of the universe the rest being 25% dark matter and one 70% dark energy.
Nevertheless, its existence is based on inferences regarding its effects in the universe since at present none of them have been detected directly.
Therefore, it is sought with Euclid create a 3D map of the Universe , the third dimension representing time itself. This would give the possibility of observe billions of galaxies at a distance of 10 billion light years , thus tracing the position and velocity of galaxies over large distances. At the same time, a look at the past and the history of the cosmos since the further away a galaxy is, the later its light reaches us and therefore the further we look into the past.
Thanks to the large amount of data that the space telescope will provide, astronomers will be able to back up their inferences about the properties of dark energy and dark matter more accurately than ever before better define its nature.
In addition to understanding how gravity works in the most remote places in the universe.
dark matter and dark energy
The term black matter is invented to this matter in the Universe which it is not observable, as it neither reflects light nor emits light . This unites the galaxies and constitutes 80% of the mass of the universe.
There dark energy on another side is attributed to the invisible force and accelerator of the constant expansion of the universe, which is estimated to constitute 70% of the energy of the Universe.
Euclid will map the dark universe using a suite of scientific instruments to shed light on different aspects of dark energy and dark matter.
The first images of Euclid will arrive in the hands of responsible scientists in October this year. however, there will be a waiting period for the data received to be reviewed and processed.
Source: Latercera
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