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| Watch: 'Dark explorer' telescope launches into space | |
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| The Euclid telescope has successfully launched into space on a mission to understand some of the universe's greatest mysteries. | The Euclid telescope has successfully launched into space on a mission to understand some of the universe's greatest mysteries. |
| The €1.4bn (£1.2bn) space telescope was primed to go up on a Falcon-9 rocket from Cape Canaveral in Florida on Saturday. | The €1.4bn (£1.2bn) space telescope was primed to go up on a Falcon-9 rocket from Cape Canaveral in Florida on Saturday. |
| The launch is part of a mission that will make an immense 3D map of the cosmos in a bid to better understand so-called dark matter and dark energy. | The launch is part of a mission that will make an immense 3D map of the cosmos in a bid to better understand so-called dark matter and dark energy. |
| Researchers know virtually nothing about these phenomena, which appear to make up the vast majority of the universe. | Researchers know virtually nothing about these phenomena, which appear to make up the vast majority of the universe. |
| Although primarily a European Space Agency project, the mission has significant scientific and engineering inputs from the US space agency Nasa. | Although primarily a European Space Agency project, the mission has significant scientific and engineering inputs from the US space agency Nasa. |
| Euclid will carry out its work from an observing position on the opposite side of our planet to the Sun. | Euclid will carry out its work from an observing position on the opposite side of our planet to the Sun. |