Euclid UK @eucliduk.bsky.social · 19/11/2025At the peak of the storm, the increasing cascade of cosmic rays causes the (already huge!) data files to become too large for Euclid to transmit back to Earth and you begin to see the view from some of the detectors appear to disappear entirely! 😳 2100 0
Euclid UK @eucliduk.bsky.social · 19/11/2025This led to a couple of days of unusable data. 😬 Lasting damage is done to the telescope’s sensitive detectors, but this was planned for in the mission’s design and Euclid can take much more damage still before its instruments seriously degrade. 💪 1120 0
Euclid UK @eucliduk.bsky.social · 19/11/2025And, thankfully, space agencies regularly monitor the Sun using satellites so that we can anticipate incoming space weather events like this. Here's a view of last week's incoming storm from the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO)... 🕶️ 1100 0
