Lecture
Euclid: the Universe like never before
- Date
- Thursday 12 November 2026
- Time
- Location
- Gorleaus Building
Einsteinweg 55
Leiden - Room
- CM1.26
Join us as Euclid's spectacular new images are released to the world - live!
Open to colleagues and students from across the Faculty of Science, and invited members of the press. No registration needed, just be there on time and take a seat!
Euclid's First Major Data Release
On 12 November 2026, the first major dataset from ESA's Euclid space telescope will be made public at the exact time of this event.
Four short presentations by Leiden scientists will take you from the telescope and its stunning new images to quasars at high redshift, the cosmology ahead, and the surprising role of star spikes.
Programme
11.30 Lecture theatre open for the public
11.45 Start presentation, talk by Koen Kuijken ‘The telescope and its first images’
12.00 Live unveiling of Euclid’s first major set of images by ESA
12.10 Talk by Alessandra Silvestri ‘The cosmology ahead’
12.25 Talk by Daming Yang ‘Quasars at high redshift’
12.35 Talk by Dennis Neumann ‘The unusual role of star spikes’
12.45 Q&A until 13.00