Project News

Euclid Mission Now Ready for Final Assembly

Euclid • News Release • December 18th, 2018

ESA's Euclid mission has passed its critical design review, marking the successful completion of a major phase in the progress of the project. The review verified that the overall mission architecture and detailed design of all its elements is complete, ensuring that it will be able to perform...

ESA releases new artist views of Euclid

Euclid • News Release • January 25th, 2018

ESA has released new artist views of Euclid, the space mission to probe the dark Universe. These new images contain details that reflect the progress in the mission implementation.

Keck awards 10 nights for Euclid calibration

Euclid • News Release • December 6th, 2017

Dr. Dan Masters (JPL) is the PI of a successful Keck proposal for a 2-semester, 10 night Key Strategic Mission Support program to complete the Euclid calibration in support of both the NASA PCOS and COS science goals. A primary objective of both Euclid and WFIRST is to provide a 3D map of the...

Over Eighty U.S. Scientists and Engineers Have Joined the Euclid Consortium

Euclid • News Release • October 11th, 2017

Euclid is an ESA space mission with NASA participation to probe the nature of the dark Universe, scheduled for launch in 2020. To date, 83 US scientist and engineers have become members of the Euclid Consortium.

Scientists of the Euclid Consortium announce the release of the largest simulated galaxy catalogue ever built

Euclid • News Release • July 31st, 2017

A key ingredient in order to prepare the scientific exploitation of the Euclid dataset is the development of synthetic observations of the real survey: a cosmological simulation that matches the expected volume and complexity of the real data. In a massive coordinated effort, a team of scientists...

Dan Masters won the STAR prize for the biggest impact by a postdoc in the Euclid consortium

Euclid • News Release • June 16th, 2017

Daniel works on developing techniques to measure distances to the more than a billion galaxies that will be imaged by Euclid, an ESA-led space mission focused on understanding the nature of dark energy. The method he developed uses an advanced machine learning technique to map the true...

NASA Delivers Detectors for ESA's Euclid Spacecraft

Euclid • News Release • May 9th, 2017

Three detector systems for the Euclid mission, led by ESA (European Space Agency), have been delivered to Europe for the spacecraft's near-infrared instrument. The detector systems are key components of NASA's contribution to this upcoming mission to study some of the biggest questions about the...

Euclid Photometric Calibration

Euclid • News Release • April 14th, 2017

To understand all aspects of the photometric calibration of the Euclid mission, the Euclid calibration working group held a three day workshop at ESAC (Madrid) on 20-22 September 2016. The informative talks presented at this workshop are now publicly available.

ENSCI will be at the IPAC Booth at the 229th AAS meeting in January 2017

Euclid • News Release • December 12th, 2016

ENSCI will be at the IPAC Booth at the 229th AAS meeting on January 3-7, 2017, in Grapevine, Texas.

The Euclid/WFIRST Spitzer Legacy Survey Program

Euclid • News Release • October 13th, 2016

The Euclid/WFIRST Spitzer Legacy Survey proposal has been selected for observations in Spitzer GO Cycle 13. The PI is Dr. Peter Capak from IPAC, Caltech, leading an international team of 51 Co-Is. This ambitious program has been awarded 5286 hours of Spitzer Legacy Science Time, the most time...

Euclid Mission Now Ready for Final Assembly

Euclid • December 18th, 2018

ESA's Euclid mission has passed its critical design review, marking the successful completion of a major phase in the progress of the project. The review verified that the...

ESA releases new artist views of Euclid

Euclid • January 25th, 2018

ESA has released new artist views of Euclid, the space mission to probe the dark Universe. These new images contain details that reflect the progress in the mission implementation.

Keck awards 10 nights for Euclid calibration

Euclid • December 6th, 2017

Dr. Dan Masters (JPL) is the PI of a successful Keck proposal for a 2-semester, 10 night Key Strategic Mission Support program to complete the Euclid calibration in support of...

Over Eighty U.S. Scientists and Engineers Have Joined the Euclid Consortium

Euclid • October 11th, 2017

Euclid is an ESA space mission with NASA participation to probe the nature of the dark Universe, scheduled for launch in 2020. To date, 83 US scientist and engineers have become...

Scientists of the Euclid Consortium announce the release of the largest simulated galaxy catalogue ever built

Euclid • July 31st, 2017

A key ingredient in order to prepare the scientific exploitation of the Euclid dataset is the development of synthetic observations of the real survey: a cosmological simulation...

Dan Masters won the STAR prize for the biggest impact by a postdoc in the Euclid consortium

Euclid • June 16th, 2017

Daniel works on developing techniques to measure distances to the more than a billion galaxies that will be imaged by Euclid, an ESA-led space mission focused on understanding...

NASA Delivers Detectors for ESA's Euclid Spacecraft

Euclid • May 9th, 2017

Three detector systems for the Euclid mission, led by ESA (European Space Agency), have been delivered to Europe for the spacecraft's near-infrared instrument. The detector...

Euclid Photometric Calibration

Euclid • April 14th, 2017

To understand all aspects of the photometric calibration of the Euclid mission, the Euclid calibration working group held a three day workshop at ESAC (Madrid) on 20-22...

ENSCI will be at the IPAC Booth at the 229th AAS meeting in January 2017

Euclid • December 12th, 2016

ENSCI will be at the IPAC Booth at the 229th AAS meeting on January 3-7, 2017, in Grapevine, Texas.

The Euclid/WFIRST Spitzer Legacy Survey Program

Euclid • October 13th, 2016

The Euclid/WFIRST Spitzer Legacy Survey proposal has been selected for observations in Spitzer GO Cycle 13. The PI is Dr. Peter Capak from IPAC, Caltech, leading an...