Science This Week | Euclid telescope blasts off to study the ‘dark’ universe and more

This week has been significant for the scientific world with scientists discovering the background hum of the universe caused by gravitational waves, imaging the Milky Way with neutrinos and even capture Saturn’s ring glowing in infrared wavelength. ESA’s Euclid blasts off to unravel mysteries of the ‘dark’ universe The European Space Agency plans to survey billions of galaxies using the Euclid Space Telescope which launched on July 1 at 11:12 am ET from Cape Canaveral in Florida. Using physics to understand hate groups on the internet In an interesting study, scientists have modelled the dynamics of how online hate communities form and develop, with mathematical equations used to describe the behaviour of shock waves in fluids. These kinds of scams erode people’s trust in science and hinder research into matters of public health such as cancer treatment, COVID-19 vaccine and drug development Crowdsourced data from Twitter help identify flooded areas in real time Like many other cities in India, Mumbai has experienced frequent extreme rainfall events leading to severe floods and waterlogging in the last decade.