Keith’s note: I just did an interview on BBC World Service’s program “Outside Source” a few minutes ago about the stunning new imagery from Euclid. I used the stellar cartography scene from “Star Trek Generations” as my illustrative image (on radio). They’ll be playing this during the day and posting it online to a weekly audience of 364+ million. I emphasized how this is the sort of mission that has applicability to everyone everywhere – scientist or non-scientist alike. Meanwhile here is my [Audio] of the interview. I’ll post the BBC’s link later.
(more…)Keith’s note: On Friday I spoke spoke with Deutsche Welle several times about ESA’s Euclid mission and how it will search for answers regarding dark energy and dark matter in the universe. [Audio]. More information on the mission in online at SpaceRef: Euclid Telescope Poised to Investigate Mysteries of Cosmic Expansion. Update: I spoke with DW again on Saturday about successful launch of Euclid by SpaceX. [Audio] and then I was on Alhurra on Sunday talking about the mission as well. [Audio]
(more…)Report Endorses NASA’s Proposed Contribution to Euclid Mission “A new National Research Council report responds to a request from NASA to evaluate this possible U.S. contribution to Euclid and concludes that the investment of approximately $20 million in hardware would be a valuable first step toward meeting the scientific goals of the Wide-Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST), which is one of the top-ranked priorities recommended in New Worlds, New Horizons […]