ESAs wide coverage across the electromagnetic spectrum LISA Pathfinder - To test technologies for gravitational wave detection and probe Einsteins geodesic motion at X band (microwave) goo.gl/pjZt19 ; Planck - Observing anisotropies of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) at microwave and IR frequencies goo.gl/ANf49j ; Herschel - Unveiling the coldest and dustiest objects at far-infrared and submillimeter wavebands goo.gl/SQKznA ; JWST - The large and ambitious project to probe the early universe at visible (red and orange) and IR range goo.gl/GL2Hei ; Euclid - The primary objective of Euclid is to better understand the geometry of dark energy and dark matter by accurately measuring the accelerated expansion of the universe goo.gl/osrIHr ; CHEOPS - To search for exoplanetary transits by performing ultra-high precision photometry on bright stars already known to host planets at visible to near-IR range (400-1100 nm) goo.gl/DkrOiF ; Hubble - Providing unprecedented amounts of data and new insight of the cosmos goo.gl/ucRhc5 ; Gaia - Designed for astrometry. The mission aims to construct a 3D space catalog of approximately 1 billion objects, mainly stars (approximately 1% of the Milky Way population) brighter than 20 G magnitudes, where G is the Gaia magnitude passband between about 400 and 1000 nanometres goo.gl/PstvL2 ; XMM-Newton - Detection of X-ray emissions from objects in our Solar System, detailed studies of star-forming regions, investigation of the formation and evolution of galaxy clusters, the environment of supermassive black holes and the mapping of Dark Matter goo.gl/S3ViO3 ; INTEGRAL - is the most sensitive gamma ray observatory detecting gamma rays across a broad energy spectrum with unequalled precision and resolution with many notable discoveries so far goo.gl/CWTHbz .
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