Astronomers are getting a new instrument to probe the mysteries of darkmatter with the launch of the Euclid telescope this Saturday. Here's howtowatch.
The astronomy community is about to get a new instrument to probe the mysteries of dark matter, with the launch of the European Space Agency ’s Euclid telescope this Saturday. Euclid is a highly sophisticated space-based telescope that will observe huge swaths of the sky to create a 3D model of the universe to help elucidate some of the biggest questions in cosmology.
Recommended Videos What to expect from the launch The launch will take place from Cape Canaveral in Florida and will use a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. The launch is taking place from the U.S. rather than from Europe’s spaceport in French Guiana due to an issue with the originally planned launch vehicle. The original intention had been to launch Euclid using a Russian Soyuz rocket.
Once Euclid is in space it will begin its journey to the Lagrange point L2. It will take around four weeks to reach this orbit around the sun, at which point it will begin a several-month process of preparing its instruments before beginning science operations around three months after launch.
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