At MSSL Cosmology we are involved in several of the worlds largest astronomical facilities both on the ground and in space.
Euclid
![Euclid is an ESA mission who’s primary science objectives are to determine the nature of dark energy. Euclid is an ESA mission who’s primary science objectives are to determine the nature of dark energy.](https://www.ucl.ac.uk/mssl/sites/mssl/files/styles/medium_image/public/euclid.jpg?itok=UR8Fes1q)
At MSSL Cosmology we have lead roles in the Euclid Weak Lensing Science Working (Tom Kitching) and participate the the development of the Science Ground Segment. MSSL also leads the hardware development of the optical wavelength (visible light) focal plane; the Euclid VIS instrument.
Planck
![Planck is an ESA satellite mission to measure the cosmic microwave background (CMB) Planck is an ESA satellite mission to measure the cosmic microwave background (CMB)](https://www.ucl.ac.uk/mssl/sites/mssl/files/styles/medium_image/public/planck.jpg?itok=DrwCmDqT)
At MSSL Cosmology we have leading roles in various Planck working groups (Jason McEwen) that are performing the cosmological analysis of Planck data.
KiDS
![European Southern Observatories Kilo Degree Survey (KiDS) European Southern Observatories Kilo Degree Survey (KiDS)](https://www.ucl.ac.uk/mssl/sites/mssl/files/styles/medium_image/public/kids.jpg?itok=jPlEeaMi)
KiDS is a 1500 square degree optical imaging survey on the ESO Very Large Telescope (VLT) Survey Telescope (VST). We are part of the KiDS science team and are involved in assisting with the weak lensing data processing.
SKA
![The Square Kilometre Array (SKA) The Square Kilometre Array (SKA)](https://www.ucl.ac.uk/mssl/sites/mssl/files/styles/medium_image/public/the_square_kilometre_array_ska.jpg?itok=Tu8KL_fS)
LSST
The Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST) is a wide-field survey that will image the available sky every few nights. It will provide petabyte scale data-sets. At MSSL Cosmology we are heavily involved in potential UK contribution to LSST, particularly in the Informatics and Statistics Science, and Dark Energy Collaborations.