精英翻譯轉自https://features.ltn.com.tw/english/article/paper/1590520
◎陳成良
The European Space Agency said on Wednesday its space telescope Euclid is scheduled to launch on July 1, blasting off on a mission to shed light on the mysteries of dark matter and dark energy.
歐洲太空總署（ESA）週三宣布，已排定於7月1日發射「歐幾里得」（Euclid）天文望遠鏡，展開一項揭開暗物質和暗能量之謎的任務。
Euclid was originally planned to ride into space on a Russian Soyuz rocket, but last year Moscow withdrew its launchers in response to sanctions over the invasion of Ukraine.
歐幾里得天文望遠鏡原本規劃由俄羅斯聯合號（Soyuz）火箭發射上太空，但俄國去年撤回發射系統，以回應因入侵烏克蘭而受到的制裁。
The ESA was forced to turn to its rival SpaceX, the US company of billionaire Elon Musk, to launch the 1.4-billion-euro ($1.5 billion) mission
ESA被迫求助於其競爭對手、億萬富豪馬斯克的美國公司SpaceX，以啟動這項耗資14億歐元（15億美元）的任務。
The two-tonne Euclid, which is 4.7 metres tall and 3.5 metres wide, will join fellow space telescope James Webb at a stable hovering spot 1.5 million kilometres from Earth called the second Lagrangian Point. From there, Euclid will chart a 3D map of the universe encompassing two billion galaxies across more than a third of the sky. (Reuters)
歐幾里得天文望遠鏡重達2噸，高4.7公尺、寬3.5公尺，將與韋伯太空望遠鏡一樣停留在距離地球表面150萬公里處稱為「第2拉格朗日點」的穩定懸停點。從那裡，歐幾里得天文望遠鏡將繪製3D宇宙地圖，涵蓋逾3分之1天空的20億個星系。（路透）
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shed light on︰解釋，使某事清楚明白地顯示出來。例句：As an economist, he was able to shed some light on the problem.（身為經濟學家，他可以解釋這個問題。）
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