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The Universe in a box: preparing for Euclid’s survey

Euclid • News Release • August 10th, 2023

ESA’s Euclid mission will create a 3D-map of the Universe that scientists will use to measure the properties of the dark Universe. The Euclid Flagship Simulation tells us what to expect.

System Level Testing of the SPHEREx Instrument Completed Successfully

SPHEREx • News Release • August 3rd, 2023

The SPHEREx team completed the first successful testing of the SPHEREx flight instrument – detector assemblies, telescope, and thermal control system.

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Euclid: first images

Euclid • News Release • July 31st, 2023

Euclid’s two instruments, VIS and NISP, have captured their first test images. This important milestone indicates that the telescope and instruments are working well. Euclid was launched on July 1, 2023, and will survey the dark Universe over nearly a third of the full sky.

Euclid Mission to Study Dark Universe Takes First Test Images

Euclid • News Release • July 31st, 2023

The two instruments aboard Euclid, an ESA (European Space Agency) spacecraft with NASA contributions, have captured their first test images. The results indicate that the space telescope will achieve the scientific goals that it has been designed for – and possibly much more.

Euclid mission ground segment is ready to receive data

Euclid • News Release • July 25th, 2023

The Euclid mission will soon transmit an unprecedented volume of data back to Earth – 100 GB every day for six years, to help illuminate the dark Universe. ESA’s ground segment is ready to receive all that data.

Follow Euclid's first months in space

Euclid • News Release • July 20th, 2023

Follow Euclid on its journey to Lagrange point L2 and find out how mission controllers at Euclid Science Operations Center are turning on, checking and calibrating the spacecraft’s equipment, the telescope and scientific instruments, in preparation for routine science observations.

New Study Reveals NASA’s Roman Could Find 400 Earth-Mass Rogue Planets

Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope • Project News • July 19th, 2023

New research by scientists from NASA and Japan’s Osaka University suggests that rogue planets – worlds that drift through space untethered to a star – far outnumber planets that orbit stars.

ESA’s Euclid Mission Launches to Explore ‘Dark Universe’

Euclid • News Release • July 1st, 2023

The ESA (European Space Agency) Euclid spacecraft lifted off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida at 11:12 a.m. EDT on Saturday, July 1, beginning its mission to study why the universe is expanding at an accelerating rate.

IPAC’s Euclid NASA Science Center Is Ready for Launch

Euclid • News Release • June 28th, 2023

It’s official: the Euclid telescope is planned to be launched into space starting on July 1, 2023, to embark on a six-year mission to create the largest, most accurate 3D map of the universe to understand the nature of dark energy and dark matter—and the Euclid NASA Science Center at IPAC (ENSCI)...

NASA’s Roman and ESA’s Euclid Will Team Up To Investigate Dark Energy

Euclid • News Release • June 27th, 2023

A new space telescope named Euclid, an ESA (European Space Agency) mission with important contributions from NASA, is set to launch in July to explore why the universe’s expansion is speeding up. Scientists call the unknown cause of this cosmic acceleration “dark energy.” By May 2027, NASA’s...

The Universe in a box: preparing for Euclid’s survey

Euclid • August 10th, 2023

ESA’s Euclid mission will create a 3D-map of the Universe that scientists will use to measure the properties of the dark Universe. The Euclid Flagship Simulation tells us what...

System Level Testing of the SPHEREx Instrument Completed Successfully

SPHEREx • August 3rd, 2023

The SPHEREx team completed the first successful testing of the SPHEREx flight instrument – detector assemblies, telescope, and thermal control system.

Euclid: first images

Euclid • July 31st, 2023

Euclid’s two instruments, VIS and NISP, have captured their first test images. This important milestone indicates that the telescope and instruments are working well. Euclid was...

Euclid Mission to Study Dark Universe Takes First Test Images

Euclid • July 31st, 2023

The two instruments aboard Euclid, an ESA (European Space Agency) spacecraft with NASA contributions, have captured their first test images. The results indicate that the space...

Euclid mission ground segment is ready to receive data

Euclid • July 25th, 2023

The Euclid mission will soon transmit an unprecedented volume of data back to Earth – 100 GB every day for six years, to help illuminate the dark Universe. ESA’s ground segment...

Follow Euclid's first months in space

Euclid • July 20th, 2023

Follow Euclid on its journey to Lagrange point L2 and find out how mission controllers at Euclid Science Operations Center are turning on, checking and calibrating the...

New Study Reveals NASA’s Roman Could Find 400 Earth-Mass Rogue Planets

Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope • July 19th, 2023

New research by scientists from NASA and Japan’s Osaka University suggests that rogue planets – worlds that drift through space untethered to a star – far outnumber planets that...

ESA’s Euclid Mission Launches to Explore ‘Dark Universe’

Euclid • July 1st, 2023

The ESA (European Space Agency) Euclid spacecraft lifted off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida at 11:12 a.m. EDT on Saturday, July 1, beginning its mission to...

IPAC’s Euclid NASA Science Center Is Ready for Launch

Euclid • June 28th, 2023

It’s official: the Euclid telescope is planned to be launched into space starting on July 1, 2023, to embark on a six-year mission to create the largest, most accurate 3D map of...

NASA’s Roman and ESA’s Euclid Will Team Up To Investigate Dark Energy

Euclid • June 27th, 2023

A new space telescope named Euclid, an ESA (European Space Agency) mission with important contributions from NASA, is set to launch in July to explore why the universe’s...