The Euclid Space Telescope has released the first images of a mission that promises to lift the curtain on the “dark universe.” writes about this Guard.
The European Space Agency’s (ESA) €1 billion mission focuses on dark matter and dark energy, which make up 95% of the universe but whose nature is largely unknown to scientists. The first images show the Perseid Galaxy Cluster and the Horsehead Nebula at high precision, capturing nearly 100,000 galaxies in a single image; This demonstrates the telescope’s ability to make extremely precise observations over a very wide area.
As a result, the telescope, which can detect galaxies 10 billion light years away, can create the largest 3D map of space ever.
This will allow astronomers to learn about the distribution of dark matter and study the impact of dark energy in the early Universe.
Dark matter permeates the universe and acts as the cosmic glue that holds galaxies together. Dark energy is the name of the force believed to accelerate the expansion of the universe.
ESA’s director of science, Professor Carol Mundell, said the mission, launched in July, would push the boundaries of scientific knowledge into uncharted territory “beyond Einstein”.
happened at the same time known It’s about an asteroid in the solar system that may contain elements not included in the periodic table.
Russian scientists before started Work on a detector to look for dark matter.