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    James Webb Space Telescope will help Euclid spacecraft investigate dark energy and dark matter

    Astronomers might soon get their first peek into the dark universe. On Saturday, July 1, the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Euclid spacecraft will launch on a SpaceX rocket from Florida on a mission to peer into deep space and unveil the elusive dark universe — and NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope will be an important partner in this cosmic quest.  After a month-long flight, Euclid will reach a vantage point about 1 million miles (1.5 million kilometers) from Earth, where it will share its cosmic accommodation with the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), whose powerful infrared eye probes the universe…