The mission is being sent 1.5 million kilometers from Earth in the opposite direction to the Sun. It will have a 1.2 meter telescope collecting light which will be split into visible and infrared. Using these it will study the evolution of the universe on this vast scale. The cosmic web is that sort of organization of the galaxies in the universe, and the name is given to it because it looks almost like a cobweb.
Ian Sample speaks to the cosmologist Dr Andrew Pontzen about the European Space Agency’s Euclid mission, which hopes to uncover more about two of the universe’s most baffling components: dark energy and dark matter. Pontzen explains what the probe will be looking for and how its findings will contribute to our understanding of the structure and evolution of the cosmos. Help support our independent journalism at
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