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Europe space telescope's sight restored after de-icing procedure

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Euclid's vision has been restored after an experimental deicing campaign successfully evaporated ice from the telescope's mirrors. Ice layers as wide as a single DNA strand had collected on Euclid's mirrors, causing a small but progressive decrease in the amount of starlight the telescope was capturing. Scientists began "deicing" Euclid for the first time by heating one of its six mirrors.

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Europe space telescope's sight restored after de-icing procedure

The vision of the Euclid space telescope has been restored following a delicate operation that successfully melted a thin layer of ice that had been clouding its sight, the European Space Agency announced on Tuesday.

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Europe space telescope's sight restored after de-icing procedure

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Euclid 'dark universe' telescope's vision restored by deicing campaign

The Euclid "dark universe" probe's vision has been restored, after an experimental campaign succeeded in evaporating water ice from the telescope's mirrors.

1 month ago·United States

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