Euclid

Euclid
Galaxies, Stars, & Black Holes
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Stars
With contributions from NASA, the mission is looking back into the universe’s history to understand how the universe’s expansion has changed.  The Euclid mission — led by ESA (European Space Agency) with contributions from NASA — aims to find out why our universe is expanding at an accelerating rate. Astronomers use the term “dark energy” […]
Posted March 19, 2025
Euclid
Astrophysics
Dark Energy
Dark Matter
Dark Matter & Dark Energy
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
The Universe
Euclid, an ESA (European Space Agency) mission with NASA contributions, has made a surprising discovery in our cosmic backyard: a phenomenon called an Einstein ring. An Einstein ring is light from a distant galaxy bending to form a ring that appears aligned with a foreground object. The name honors Albert Einstein, whose general theory of […]
Posted February 10, 2025
Euclid
Astrophysics
Black Holes
Dark Energy
Dark Matter & Dark Energy
Galaxies
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope
Origin & Evolution of the Universe
Stars
The Universe
With NASA contributions, the mission will complement dark energy studies to be made by the agency’s upcoming Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope.
Posted May 23, 2024
Dark Energy
Dark Matter
Euclid
Galaxies
James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)
Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope
SPHEREx (Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe and Ices Explorer)
Stellar Evolution
The Big Bang
The Universe
Some 13.8 billion years ago, the universe began with a rapid expansion we call the big bang. After this initial expansion, which lasted a fraction of a second, gravity started to slow the universe down. But the cosmos wouldn’t stay this way. Nine billion years after the universe began, its expansion started to speed up, […]
Posted February 5, 2024
Euclid
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
This view of spiral galaxy IC 342 is one of five first science images released by the Euclid mission on Nov. 7, 2023. The ESA-led (European Space Agency) Euclid observatory, which will investigate the mysteries of dark matter and dark energy, is scheduled to begin regular science operations in early 2024. NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in […]
Posted November 7, 2023
Euclid
Astrophysics
Dark Matter & Dark Energy
Galaxies, Stars, & Black Holes
Galaxies, Stars, & Black Holes Research
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope
Stars
The Universe
The new images from the Euclid mission include a cluster of thousands of distant galaxies, demonstrating the spacecraft’s unique abilities.  The Euclid mission, which will investigate the mysteries of dark matter and dark energy, released its first five science images Tuesday, Nov.
Posted November 7, 2023
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