S. Space telescope Euclids The surprise of the scientific world with its progress in exploiting the universe is still. The disclosure is now, The new photos I took important Esa Show an unprecedented vision of three deep areas of the sky. These notes, made in only one week, It has already set about 26 million galaxies, including more than 10.5 billion light years away.
Since its launch in July 2023, The main goal of an admission. It is Atlas It will cover a third of the sky About 14 thousand square degrees – It will be necessary to reveal the secrets of the dark matter and dark energy, which together constitute about 95 % of CosMoss.
OS The data collected so far by the task represents only 0.45 % of the total area This will be set, Although it already provides a valuable vision of the Hungarian development, the formation of stars and the impact of super black holes In galaxies.
Cover 63 square degrees, Initial photos offer a glimpse of the huge scale for this projectThat is, equivalent 300 times the area occupied by the completion of the moon in the sky.
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In the coming years, Euclid will spend several times in these areas, which increases the depth and quality of their notes. These deep areas of scientists will allow the study in detail the distribution of galaxies and the cosmic network, which are the structures formed by the visual and obscurantist material that formed the universe.
One of the great Euclid’s important challenges are to address the wide size of the data created. It is estimated that the telescope record Pictures of more than 1.5 billion galaxies over six years, send about 100 GB of data per day. To deal with this huge task, Advanced artificial intelligence algorithms, such as “zoobot”With the help of nearly 10,000 volunteers in a scientific campaign for citizens.
Thanks for these effortsIt was possible to create the first detailed catalog for more than 380,000 galaxies, classified according to the characteristics Such as spiral weapons and central bars. this The catalog represents only 0.4 % of the total galaxies that Euclid should noticeBut it was already decisive to understand the development of galaxy structures.
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Portugal is the most prominent in the mission
Portugal plays an important role in this ambitious task. Portuguese researchers, led by Ismail TerrinoFrom the Institute of Astronomical Physics and Space Science, She was Responsible for the six EUCLID tests planning. This plan is designed to increase data collection on the invisible components of the universe.
In addition, Jarley PrinchemanAlso from IA, he coordinated Effects to explore the scientific capabilities of Euclid in areas such as the formation of stars and the Hungarian development. Anna Paulo AffonesoIn turn, it has advanced Artificial intelligence techniques to analyze task data.
Among the initial discoveries of the mission There are 500 gravitational lenses, which is a phenomenon in which the light of remote galaxies is distorted with the existence of the material (natural and dark) in its path to us. These lenses are essential to determine the distribution of dark matter in the universe. It is estimated that by the end of the mission, Euclids determine about 100,000 lenses of gravity, which greatly expands knowledge in this field.
Telescope It also contributes to understanding the development of the galaxy, monitoring galaxies in various stages of stars and analyzing how the environment affects its transformations over time. Artificial intelligence investigators focus on studying specific emissions lines, such as H-Alpha, which indicates stars formation areas.
Euclid effect that has already released. You The data collected will be a basis for unprecedented cosmic investigationsFrom verifying the authenticity of alternative dark energy models to study the potential differences of physical constants during the cosmic time.
For the Portuguese scientific community, Participation in a consortium Euclid is a unique opportunity to be at the forefront of space exploration. “These data will be high quality As a basis for investigation withoutISMAEL Tereno, who has contributed to answering the great questions of modern cosmology, says.
