FIRI2024 Roadmap for national research infrastructures 2025–2028, second stage
Description of the granted funding
Cosmology Data Center Finland (CDC-FI) facilitates Finland's participation in large international observational cosmology projects, such as the European Space Agency Euclid and LISA observatories, by providing in-kind contributions to these missions. Euclid is a wide-field space telescope that launched on 1st July 2023. Euclid will help solve the mystery of the accelerating expansion of the universe: is it caused by “dark energy”, or must the law of gravity be modified? LISA will be the first gravitational wave observatory in space. Gravitational waves offer a new window into the universe: LISA will see further than has been possible with optical or radio telescopes. Data from these missions will have a huge impact on cosmology and astrophysics, forming the basis for future research. Roadmap status will give CDC-FI the resources to cope with the peak in Euclid demand at the end of its nominal mission, and the growing needs of LISA in the run-up to launch.
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2027
Granted funding
Funder
Research Council of Finland
Funding instrument
Research infrastructure
Other information
Funding decision number
367692
Fields of science
Astronomy and space science
Research fields
Linnunrata, galaksit ja kosmologia