{"id":12671,"date":"2025-03-26T11:48:11","date_gmt":"2025-03-26T06:18:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=12671"},"modified":"2025-04-01T20:44:35","modified_gmt":"2025-04-01T15:14:35","slug":"euclid-space-telescope","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/euclid-space-telescope\/","title":{"rendered":"Euclid Space Telescope"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Euclid Space Telescope Latest News<\/h2>\n<p>Galaxies in Different Shapes Captured by Euclid<\/p>\n<h2>About the Euclid Space Telescope<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Named After<\/strong>: <strong>Euclid of Alexandria<\/strong>, an ancient Greek mathematician known for his contributions to geometry.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Part of<\/strong>: ESA\u2019s <strong>Cosmic Vision Programme<\/strong>, which aims to explore the <strong>origin, components, and fundamental laws governing the universe<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Launch Vehicle<\/strong>: <strong>SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Operational Lifespan<\/strong>: <strong>Minimum 6 years<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Orbit<\/strong>: <strong>1.5 million km above Earth<\/strong>, at the <strong>Lagrange Point 2 (L2)<\/strong>, a stable gravitational point in space.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Size<\/strong>: <strong>4.7 meters tall<\/strong> and <strong>3.7 meters in diameter<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Image Quality<\/strong>: Four times <strong>sharper<\/strong> than ground-based telescopes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Scientific Objectives<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Investigate <strong>why the universe is expanding at an accelerating rate<\/strong> (a phenomenon attributed to <strong>dark energy<\/strong>).<\/li>\n<li>Study the <strong>distribution of dark matter<\/strong> by observing how galaxies and cosmic structures have evolved over billions of years.<\/li>\n<li>Map the <strong>large-scale structure of the universe<\/strong> in <strong>3D<\/strong> to understand the effects of <strong>gravity and cosmic expansion<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Scientific Instruments<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Visible-Wavelength Camera (VISible Instrument &#8211; VIS): <\/strong>It captures <strong>high-resolution images<\/strong> of galaxies.\n<ul>\n<li>Helps detect <strong>tiny distortions<\/strong> in galaxy shapes caused by <strong>gravitational lensing<\/strong>\u2014a method used to study dark matter.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Near-Infrared Spectrometer and Photometer (NISP): <\/strong>It measures how <strong>fast galaxies are moving apart<\/strong>, providing insight into the <strong>influence of dark energy<\/strong> over time.\n<ul>\n<li>Developed with <strong>NASA\u2019s contribution<\/strong>, including <strong>sensor-chip electronics and detectors<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Key Observations and Data Release<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The <strong>Deep Field South region<\/strong>, observed for one week, contains <strong>26 million galaxies<\/strong>, some over <strong>10.5 billion light-years away<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>The telescope aims to survey <strong>1.5 billion galaxies<\/strong> over its <strong>six-year mission<\/strong>, covering <strong>a third of the sky<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>The first <strong>cosmology data release<\/strong> is scheduled for <strong>October 2026<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Comparison with Other Missions<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"table\">\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><strong>Mission<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><strong>Agency<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><strong>Objective<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><strong>Expected Launch<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><strong>Euclid<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>ESA (with NASA)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>Study <strong>dark energy &amp; dark matter<\/strong>, and cosmic structure<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><strong>Launched July 2023<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><strong>Nancy Grace Roman Telescope<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>NASA<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>Study <strong>dark energy<\/strong>, exoplanets, and infrared astrophysics<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><strong>By 2027<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><strong>James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>NASA\/ESA\/CSA<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>Study <strong>early galaxies, star formation, and exoplanets<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><strong>Launched 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/figure>\n<h2>Euclid Space Telescope FAQs<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Q1. <\/strong>What is the Euclid Space Telescope?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans.<\/strong> The Euclid Space Telescope is a European Space Agency (ESA) mission designed to study dark matter and dark energy by mapping the universe\u2019s large-scale structure.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q2. <\/strong>When was Euclid launched?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans.<\/strong> Euclid was launched on July 1, 2023, aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q3. <\/strong>What is Euclid\u2019s primary method of observation?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans.<\/strong> Euclid observes galaxies across 10 billion years of cosmic history using visible and near-infrared imaging along with spectroscopic techniques.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q4. <\/strong>Where is Euclid located in space?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans.<\/strong> Euclid operates from the Lagrange Point 2 (L2), approximately 1.5 million km from Earth, providing a stable environment for deep-space observations.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/health\/2025\/03\/19\/euclid-space-telescope-dark-energy\/3360c9da-04d1-11f0-941f-6ca83a0bd35b_story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">WP<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Euclid Space Telescope is a European Space Agency (ESA) mission designed to study dark matter and dark energy by mapping the universe\u2019s large-scale structure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":12672,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-12671","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12671","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12671"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12671\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12672"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12671"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12671"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12671"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}