ESA's Euclid celebrates first science with sparkling cosmic views

May 23, 2024

The Euclid Consortium announces the release of its first papers, demonstrating Euclid’s ability to unravel the secrets of the cosmos. IFAE and ICE-CSIC have been responsible for the development of the Filter Wheel Assembly, one of Euclid instruments. PIC hosts the Euclid Science Data Center and contributes to the misssion data processing.

First Results from DESI Make the Most Precise Measurement of Our Expanding Universe

April 6, 2024

Researchers have used the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument to make the largest 3D map of our universe and world-leading measurements of dark energy, the mysterious cause of its accelerating expansion. IFAE leads one of the three key publications presented in this study.

New measurement of cosmic distances in the Dark Energy Survey gives clues about the nature of dark energy

February 20, 2024

The measurement obtained fixes the scale of the universe when it was half its present age with an accuracy of 2%, the most accurate ever obtained for that time. Researchers from IFAE, CIEMAT, ICE-CSIC, and IFT have led the scientific analysis of the data.