{"id":424,"date":"2024-05-24T00:05:41","date_gmt":"2024-05-24T00:05:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tradetrovex.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/24\/huge-new-images-of-space-revealed-to-help-scientists-understand-how-universe-is-changing-around-us\/"},"modified":"2024-05-24T00:05:41","modified_gmt":"2024-05-24T00:05:41","slug":"huge-new-images-of-space-revealed-to-help-scientists-understand-how-universe-is-changing-around-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tradetrovex.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/24\/huge-new-images-of-space-revealed-to-help-scientists-understand-how-universe-is-changing-around-us\/","title":{"rendered":"Huge new images of space revealed to help scientists understand how universe is changing around us"},"content":{"rendered":"
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These are the largest images of the universe ever taken.<\/p>\n

They come from the Euclid space<\/strong> telescope which is trying to create a 3D map of the universe. That map will help us understand how our universe formed and what is happening to it now.<\/p>\n

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A huge treasure trove of information was released on Wednesday, based on just 24 hours of data gathering by the telescope.<\/p>\n

The European Space Agency\u2019s (ESA)<\/strong> Euclid mission, which blasted off in July 2023, uses one of the largest cameras ever sent into space to observe two billion galaxies.<\/p>\n

It is one of the most powerful tools scientists have to understand how the universe is changing, and its development was led by UCL\u2019s Professor Mark Cropper.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWhat is remarkable about the images is just how very big they are,\u201d said Professor Cropper.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you look through a microscope, you see things in amazing detail, but you can only see a tiny area. Imagine that you had a new machine that let you see that kind of detail in everything on your table all at once.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s how it feels with Euclid.\u201d<\/p>\n

A team of more than 2,000 scientists are constantly studying the data it sends back to Earth. Over six years, the telescope will create a map by photographing the universe in detail, not just the closer parts of it but going right back into outer space.<\/p>\n

Dark matter discoveries<\/strong><\/p>\n

Scientists will use that map to calculate the way the universe has changed, by studying the space in between all the galaxies, stars, planets, dust and other bits. That space in between is filled with dark matter and dark energy.<\/p>\n

Ordinary matter \u2013 the stars, galaxies planets and elements that we are made of \u2013 only makes up about 5 per cent of the universe.<\/p>\n

Explaining the true nature of the rest of it \u2013 dark matter and dark energy \u2013 is one of the most important, but challenging goals of cosmology.<\/p>\n

\u201cA key part of our purpose as a space agency is to understand more about the universe, what it\u2019s made of and how it works,\u201d said Dr Caroline Harper, head of space science at the UK Space Agency.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is no better example of this than the Euclid mission \u2013 we know that most of the universe is made up of invisible dark matter and dark energy, but we don\u2019t really understand what it is, or how it affects the way the universe is evolving.\u201d<\/p>\n

UK scientists have been involved in almost every aspect of Euclid, which the head of the ESA said \u201cshowcases the importance of international collaboration.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe mission is the result of many years of hard work from scientists, engineers and industry throughout Europe and [\u2026] around the world, all brought together by ESA,\u201d said ESA director general Josef Aschbacher.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey can be proud of this achievement \u2013 the results are no small feat for such an ambitious mission and such complex fundamental science. Euclid is at the very beginning of its exciting journey to map the structure of the universe.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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