On Saturday, July 1st, 2023, the European Space Agency launched its Euclid satellite from Cape Canaveral, Florida. Twelve years in the making, the Euclid mission will construct a 3D map of the Universe by observing billions of galaxies, across more than a third of the sky.
The goals: to understand the physical laws of the Universe and to explain how the Universe originated and what it is made of.
The satellite will spend more than 6 years in space to accomplish the mission and see more than 2,000 scientists involved in some part of analyzing the data it sends back to Earth. This group includes Canadians from many leading astronomy research groups across the country.
To learn more, please visit Canadian scientists celebrate launch of Euclid satellite on Waterloo News.