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Euclid is an ESA mission that will map the geometry of the Dark Universe. The mission will investigate the distance-redshift relationship and the evolution of cosmic structures by measuring shapes and redshifts of galaxies and clusters of galaxies out to redshifts ~2, or equivalently to a look-back time of 10 billion years. In this way, Euclid will cover the entire period over which Dark Energy played a significant role in accelerating the expansion of the Universe.

 

Contact IAS: Nabila AghanimHervé Dole

Project Status :
In progress

PILOT (Polarized Instrument for Long wavelength Observation of the Tenuous interstellar medium) is a balloon-borne astrophysics experiment (CNES) designed for the measurement of the polarised light emmitted by interstellar dust grains.

 

 

Contact at IAS: Bruno Maffei

Project Status :
Exploitation

BISOU (Balloon Interferometer for Spectral Observations of the primordial Universe) is a balloon-borne pathfinder aiming at detecting spectral distortions in the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) using a spectrometer.

Project Status :
Phase 0 study

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