Euclid Imaging Consortium Science Book

Understand

The energy density of the Universe is dominated by dark energy and dark matter, two mysterious components which pose some of the most important questions in fundamental science today.

• Euclid is a high-precision survey mission designed to answer these questions by mapping the geometry of the dark Universe.
• Euclid's Visible-NIR imaging and spectroscopy of the entire extragalactic sky will further produce extensive legacy science for various fields of astronomy.
• Over the 2008-2009 period, Euclid has been the object of an ESA Assessment Phase in which the study of the Euclid Imaging instrument was under the responsibility of the Euclid Imaging Consortium (EIC).