The space telescope Euclid will soon be sent to space. ESA wants to learn more about dark energy and dark matter.

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The space telescope Euclid will soon be sent to space

ESA wants to learn more about dark energy and dark matter

This summer, the European Space Agency (ESA) plans to launch its new space telescope, Euclid, into space. ESA hopes that through Euclid's observations, they will be able to learn more about the relationship between dark energy, dark matter, and gravity, and how these forces affect the expansion of the universe. ESA writes:

"While dark energy accelerates the expansion of the Universe and dark matter governs the growth of cosmic structures, scientists remain unsure about what dark energy and dark matter actually are. By observing the Universe evolving over the past 10 billion years, Euclid will reveal how it has expanded and how structure has formed over cosmic history – and from this, astronomers can infer the properties of dark energy, dark matter and gravity, to reveal more about their precise nature."

In the video below, you can see how Euclid is intended to proceed in order to possibly reveal one of the universe's greatest mysteries. Euclid is scheduled to be launched into space in July aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. The spacecraft will then travel approximately 1.5 million kilometers from Earth and orbit around Lagrange Point L2, the same location where the James Webb Telescope is in orbit.

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European Space Agency, Euclid, dark energy, dark matter, James Webb Telescope

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