Euclid NASA Science Center at IPAC

Overview: Euclid is a European Space Agency (ESA) M-class mission, with participation from NASA, to study the geometry and nature of the dark universe. It consists of a 1.2m telescope with two instruments operating at optical and near-infrared wavelengths (0.5-2 microns). The mission is optimized for undertaking two measurements sensitive to dark energy - weak gravitational lensing and galaxy clustering. It will also enable unprecedented advances in many other areas of astrophysics through its 15,000 square degree wide area survey. It has a 6 year nominal lifetime, and was launched July 1, 2023. NASA participation in Euclid includes delivery of the near-infrared detectors as well as participation in the design, data analysis and interpretation by US scientists.

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The Euclid NASA Science Center at IPAC (ENSCI) is involved in providing algorithms and developing operations-quality code to be included in the near-infrared data reduction pipeline as part of the Euclid Consortium's Science Ground Segment. In addition, IPAC will operate the US Science Data Center (SDC-US; a node in the distributed data processing system). Using the knowledge gained through these activities, ENSCI will support the US research community by providing expert insight into the Euclid surveys, data processing, calibration, and products. ENSCI staff are available to assist investigations that intend to use data from the Euclid mission. ENSCI also provides a public repository for up-to-date information, documentation, detector characterization data, tools and online tutorials.

Mission News

Euclid Q1 release: March 19, 2025

News Release • December 19th, 2024

Euclid Quick Release 1 (Q1) data will go public on March 19, 2025! These include the imaging and spectroscopic data...

ENSCI user survey

News Release • November 21st, 2024

ENSCI is doing a survey of the US Euclid community to support the upcoming Euclid Q1 data release. Take the survey,...

ENSCI User Panel 2024 report released

News Release • October 24th, 2024

ENSCI User Panel has released its 2024 report, with evaluation of ENSCI performance, and recommendations for future...

How to access the new cosmic map by Euclid

News Release • October 17th, 2024

ESA released a spectacular cosmic map of 132 square degree observed by Euclid. Here is how you can download the...

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Snippet of Euclid Mission’s Cosmic Atlas Released by ESA

News Release • October 15th, 2024

With contributions from NASA, the mission will map a third of the sky in order to study a cosmic mystery called dark...

Weak gravitational lensing: how Euclid maps dark matter

News Release • September 13th, 2024

ESA's Euclid mission is surveying the sky to explore the composition and evolution of the dark Universe. But how can...

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