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Euclid space telescope needs de-icing

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The European Space Agency's (ESA) Euclid telescope has been gradually losing its vision as layers of water molecules have frozen onto its mirrors. The telescope likely absorbed the water from the air during its assembly on Earth, and it is now gradually releasing this water. In the freezing temperatures of space, those released water molecules will stick to the first surface they land on.

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Euclid space telescope needs de-icing

Warm water and a scraper not an option when you're 1.5 million kilometers from home

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The Euclid telescope could get saved by a de-icing job from millions of miles away

The European Space Agency’s (ESA) Euclid telescope has been gradually losing its vision as layers of water molecules have frozen onto its mirrors. That’s bad news for a mission tasked with observing the dark universe using super-sensitive cameras, but the team behind the telescope has come up with a plan to keep…Read more...

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