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Europes Euclid space telescope is scheduled to blast off Saturday on the first-ever mission aiming to shed light on two of the universes greatest mysteries: dark energy and dark matter.

Euclid will join its fellow space telescope James Webb at stable hovering spot around 1.5 million km from Earth called the second Lagrange Point.

By Steve Gorman (Reuters) - A SpaceX rocket in Florida stood poised for launch on Saturday carrying an orbital telescope built to shed light on myster...

Europe's Euclid space telescope is scheduled to blast off Saturday on the first-ever mission aiming to shed light on two of the universe's greatest mysteries: dark energy and dark matter.- 'Dark detective' - Euclid consortium member Guadalupe Canas told a press conference that the two-tonne space telescope was a "dark detective" which can reveal more about both elements.

The launch is planned from Cape Canaveral in Florida at 11:12 am local time (1512 GMT) on a Falcon 9 rocket of the US company SpaceX.

The two-tonne European Euclid will take off today on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket operated by Elon Musk's firm at 4.11pm from Cape Canaveral in Florida and will take a month to reach its destination

Elon Musk's SpaceX will launch the European Space Agency's Euclid space telescope this afternoon on a milion-mile dark matter and dark energy mission to explore the secrets of the 'dark universe' - follow live updates here

European Space Agency mission launches on SpaceX rocket from Florida to shed light on dark energy and dark matter

A European-built orbital satellite was launched to space on Saturday from Florida on a mission to shed new light on the mysterious cosmic phenomena known as dark energy and dark matter, unseen forces...

Europes Euclid satellite flew July 1 aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. After reaching its deep space destination, Euclid will map an unseen part of our universes history.