UK scientists shine light on the dark universe with Euclid’s latest data

Euclid’s UK-built 609MP camera has captured billions of galaxies up to 10B light-years away! The data includes 500 strong gravitational lenses, revealing how gravity bends light & helping map dark matter. AI & 1,000+ citizen scientists aided discovery!
This image shows examples of gravitational lenses that Euclid captured in its first observations of the Deep Field areas. Credit: ESA/Euclid/Euclid Consortium/NASA, image processing by M. Walmsley, M. Huertas-Company, J.-C. Cuillandre

The UK is playing a leading role in the European Space Agency’s Euclid mission, which has just released new data that is set to revolutionize our understanding of dark matter and dark energy. The mission’s visible imager (VIS), developed by a UCL-led team and funded by £37 million from the…

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Fabrice Iranzi

Journalist and Project Leader at LionHerald, strong passion in tech and new ideas, serving Digital Company Builders in UK and beyond
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