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ec_euclid , 8 days ago to random

#ESAEuclid has started its 2nd de-icing campaign, which in total will last only about a week.

Water molecules 💦 that are inside the instrument cavity from before launch will likely remain there throughout the mission - they freeze 🧊 , but change places over time. We don't want them on mirrors, so once in a while we warm up a mirror 🔥 to sublimate the ice away.

Read more in the new @ec_euclid #blog post:

https://www.euclid-ec.org/de-icing-campaign-2/

#Euclid #space #astronomy #astrodon #cosmology

ec_euclid , 23 days ago to random

Finally, after months of work, the #ESAEuclid Early Release Observation images, data, first science results, and #Euclid mission reference papers have been released. You can read more in our blog post, which has links to the papers, the press releases, and everything else:

https://www.euclid-ec.org/first-early-release-observation-science-and-reference-paper-release

#astronomy #astrodon #science #space #cosmology

ec_euclid , 24 days ago to random

Tomorrow, 12:00 CEST, #ESA and the @ec_euclid will present 15 papers, including first #astronomy results:

5x #ESAEuclid reference papers about the main mission, the instrumentation, and related cosmological simulations

10x Early Release Observation #science papers, ranging from ... near to far

At the same time ESA will make 5 new ERO images public as well as the underlying science images. This programme was observed before the start of Euclid's main survey.

Stay tuned!

#space #astrodon

ec_euclid , 28 days ago to random German

Expect new images and first science results from #ESAEuclid coming Thursday, 23 May. Five new stunning images, first ten science papers plus five #Euclid reference publications.

There will be broadcast by #ESA as well as press and paper releases by ESA and us. Stay tuned!

#astronomy #space #science #astrodon

ec_euclid , 1 month ago to random

What is #ESAEuclid? It's a physics experiment and an #ESA space mission 🛰️ - but foremost it's a project imagined, designed, built, and operated by more than 2000 scientists, engineers, and technicians 👩‍🔬 👨‍💻 👩‍🔧.

We are now starting a series of #blog-posts showcasing a cross-section of the people behind #Euclid

First up:

Valeria Pettorino, ESA Euclid Project Scientist

https://www.euclid-ec.org/portraits-of-euclideans-valeria-pettorino

and

Virginia Ajani, Scientist in the Interscience Task Force for Likelihood

https://www.euclid-ec.org/portraits-of-euclideans-virginia-ajani