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ESA · EuclidSmall amounts of water ice building up on Euclid's optics. Mission teams spent months devising a procedure to heat up individual mirrors in the instrument's complex optical system. After the very first mirror was warmed by just 34 degrees, the telescope's sight was restored. Euclid is on a mission to uncover the secrets of dark matter and dark energy.See the Story
Euclid's sight has been restored
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ESA · EuclidThe 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.See the Story
Euclid space telescope needs de-icing
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ESA · EuclidScientists are trying to "de-ice" the European Space Agency's Euclid observatory. Ice layers, about as wide as a single DNA strand, have accumulated on Euclid's mirrors. Although small, the ice appears to have caused "a small but progressive decrease" in the amount of starlight.See the Story
Euclid 'dark universe' telescope gets de-iced from a million miles away
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Spacecraft · EuclidRecently the new European space telescope Euclid has started suffering a common issue for spacecraft: the formation of thin layers of water ice. The European Space Agency (ESA) has announced that the Euclid teams are beginning a series of planned operations to de-ice the sensitive optical instruments of the telescope. ESA’s Euclid in its final assembly stages at the Thales Alenia Space plant in Turin. Credits: ESA Launched in July 2023, the pio…See the Story