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A small crowd of people, including members of the public and University of Edinburgh scientists, chatting and standing around the Euclid pop up exhibition. This includes a large display of Euclid’s first mosaic, containing lots of stars and galaxies, in the background against the wall. On the right side of the room is a small model of the Euclid spacecraft, as well as tabletop activities.

A small crowd of people, including members of the public and University of Edinburgh scientists, chatting and standing around the Euclid pop up exhibition. This includes a large display of Euclid’s first mosaic, containing lots of stars and galaxies, in the background against the wall on the left. On the right side of the room on the background is a large interactive gravitational lensing display on the projector wall.

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All weekend, find Euclideans at the Royal Observatory Edinburgh and learn more about how the #Euclid mission will transform our understanding of the Dark Universe. 🌀🔭🌌 #ROEopen

Catherine having a laugh at the Aberdeen science centre with three girls playing with a powerful fan.

Catherine chatting to an interested girl in front of an arch they've just built.

Catherine and two kids looking earnestly at some marshmallows in a glass jar that is about to become a vacuum.

Catherine looking through a giant lens. She has a mask on.

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Cover of "United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs" booklet, "International Space Law, United Nations Instruments".

The United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) has published its 3rd edition of collected Space Law treaties and principles.

And we are honored that an #ESAEuclid image is decorating its cover:

www.unoosa.org/oosa/en/ourw...

#ESA #UN #Space #Science #Astronomy

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"..., okay, I really like to see the stars and everything. Now that I am better with physics and math, etcetera, why not go for it?”

- Konstantinos Tanidis (@ox.ac.uk)

#HumansOfEuclid 🔭🔬

#astro #scientist #STEM #astronomy #astrophysics #cosmology #space #science #research #Euclid (3/3)

"...And I was going at night, with some books and some binoculars, trying to see constellations and imagining what's happening there. I mean, I wasn't particularly very good at math and physics when I was very young, but I started to get gradually better. And then I realized..." (2/3)

#HumansOfEuclid - Konstantinos Tanidis 🧵 (1/3)

"“I was born in Thessaloniki, in Greece. When I was young in elementary school, yeah, I was obsessed with documentaries about astronomy and astrophysics. I was born in a city, but some weekends, I would go to the village of my grandparents...

Sound advice! 🔭

#astro #scientist #STEM #astronomy #cosmology #tvhost #astrophysics #space #science #research #Euclid #telescope #observations #Bielefeld #Leiden #ecmeeting2025 #LeidenEntries (5/5)

"So, it shows you how important it is what we say to other people, right? Teachers are important."

- Cora Uhlemann, Professor in Cosmology at Bielefeld University.

#HumansOfEuclid

(4/5)

"But what really drew me to cosmology was my master’s thesis supervisor. He was very motivating when he gave lectures. He basically said, if you do cosmology, you can calculate most of the universe. And I thought that was exciting, and all the different aspects of physics that go into this." (3/5)

"I was never thinking of being a physicist or anything like this. I do have to say both of my parents studied physics. But my mom was really against me going into physics!" (2/5)

Cora, wearing a blue, purple and black scarf, a turquoise top and navy blue coat, with black jeans, is standing to the left of a large model of the Euclid Space Telescope. There are lit up curtains in the background, as Cora is standing on the stage in the venue of the Euclid Consortium Meeting in Leiden.

#HumansOfEuclid: @cosmocora.bsky.social - Part 2 (1/5) 🧵

"I never wanted to be an astronomer - I don't have the story of, like, being fascinated by the stars when I was a kid. When I was 14 years old, I wanted to be a TV host...!"

@cosmocora.bsky.social 🕵️‍♀️

(5/5) #HumansOfEuclid @ec-euclid.bsky.social

#astro #scientist #STEM #astronomy #astrophysics #cosmology #space #science #research #Euclid #telescope #observations #WomenInSTEM #WomenOfEuclid #Bielefeld #Leiden #ECMeeting2025

(4/5) "But I think it’s exciting because you can learn new things but still bring in your expertise. I was quite surprised how people do benefit from your expertise even if you don’t know much about one of the other key aspects."

- Cora Uhlemann, Professor in Cosmology at Bielefeld University

(3/5) "I think it’s great to be motivated by theory, and to want to probe the early Universe fundamentally. But of course, in the end, we need to make the connection to actual data. So, I’m trying to go there, step by step..."

(2/5) "But it feels quite weird now because once I entered astronomy, I was the least applied person! I’m like, I don’t know telescopes? They were kind of closed book to me."

Cora is in the foreground, wearing sunglasses, a blue, purple and black patterned scarf, and a turquoise top with an unbuttoned, dark, navy coat on top. The background is blurred because of the bokeh effect, but features Cora standing on a street in Leiden. There are bicycles on the left and the sky is blue with very little cloud. This is just outside of the venue entrance for the Euclid Consortium meeting.

#HumansOfEuclid (1/5)

"By training, I’m a theorist. I come from quite a theoretical working group doing my PhD. There, I was used to being the most applied person just because I studied something that you could, at least in principle, observe - dark matter..."

We’ve got more #HumansOfEuclid for you to meet! 🕵️ 🌌

Get ready for the Leiden Entries, beginning this Friday, where we’ll feature some of the scientists we caught up with earlier this year at the @ec-euclid.bsky.social meeting. 🇳🇱

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Congratulations! 🥳

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A time-lapse movie of our @eucliduk.bsky.social stand at the @goodwoodrrc.bsky.social Festival of Speed Future Lab last weekend!

Visitors were zooming into data from ESA's Euclid Space Telescope, and using their body to make a gravitational lens to learn how astronomers search for dark matter.

Out at Lagrange Point 2, sometimes I get a little closer to the James Webb Space Telescope and give them a little wave. But our orbits around L2 mean we’re not destined to meet. Probably for the best… 😭 #Euclid #BFF

Euclid Q1 Interviews - Euclid - Cosmos

Who's behind the research using Euclid data?

Meet some of the scientists who work with data collected by our #DarkUniverse 🕵️ detective, ICYMI 👉 www.cosmos.esa.int/web/euclid/q... 🧪

…did someone say bonus content? 🔎 #PetsOfEuclid

Disclaimer: No guinea pigs harmed in the making of this post. 😃

Would you like to see an #AnimalsOfEuclid series…? 🐶🐱🦆🐟🐴🐭🐠

Thanks again to @profstephenwilkins.bsky.social and Dr. Will Roper from @sussex.ac.uk for building this Gravitational Lensing interactive demo, which will feature in many future outreach visits! The guinea pigs probably won’t be making an appearance, however…

#GuineaPigsOfEuclid