This Week in Space: Gravitational Waves, a New Space Telescope, and Starship Tweaks

European Space Agency Prepares to Launch Euclid Telescope

Europe’s much-anticipated space telescope, Euclid, is slated to launch July 1 (this Saturday) from Canaveral. When it launches, Euclid will use six ‘Korsch configuration’ mirrors to map the 3D distribution of billions of galaxies, imaging about a third of the visible universe. The mirrors, the telescope itself, and its near-infrared instruments are all made from silicon carbide, which the ESA notes is “not glass, but a ceramic only found naturally in space.”

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