"De-Icing Euclid's Vision: Engineers' Million-Mile Plan"

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The European Space Agency's Euclid telescope, tasked with observing the dark universe, has been losing vision due to frozen water molecules on its mirrors. Located a million miles from Earth, the telescope's team plans to heat low-risk optical parts to de-ice it, aiming to preserve its ability to survey the sky with unprecedented sensitivity and observe ancient galaxies. This experimental procedure is necessary to prevent the frozen water from jeopardizing Euclid's mission, which has previously recovered from technical glitches shortly after its launch.
Topics:science#dark-universe#de-icing-procedure#esa#euclid-telescope#space-exploration#spacetechnology
- Engineers Devise Plan to De-Ice 'Dark Universe' Telescope from a Million Miles Away Gizmodo
- Operations begin to de-ice Euclid's vision European Space Agency
- Euclid 'dark universe' telescope gets de-iced from a million miles away Space.com
- Creeping ice clouding vision of Europe space telescope Euclid Phys.org
- Breaking the ice: How scientists are trying to de-ice Euclid's vision from a million miles away The Times of India
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