Speaker
Elina Keihänen
Description
Euclid is the cosmology satellite of the European Space Agency (ESA). Its main goal is to solve the mystery of dark energy: what is causing the accelerated expansion of the universe. Euclid was launched in July 2023, and it has been collecting data since February 2024. One of the nine Euclid data processing centers is operating in Finland.
The first major public data release, the so-called Quick Release 1 (QR1) will take place on March 19th this year. The first cosmological results are expected in October 2026. I will give a brief review of the status of the project, and what we can expect from the coming Q1 release.
