The Euclid space telescope, on a mission to chart the elusive dark universe, has captured its first images, revealing countless galaxies and a nearby nebula.
Earlier this morning, ESA released the Euclid space telescope’s first scientific images, offering a glimpse into its mission to explore the “dark universe”—the mysterious 95% of the cosmos made up of dark matter and dark energy. The five images were chosen for their scientific value and public appeal, as the ESA team naturally wants to debut the telescope’s capabilities with a bang. For almost 14 billion years, the universe has seen phases of brightness and darkness.
Though the galaxy is shrouded in the gas, dust, and stars, Euclid’s near-infrared instrument is able to cut through that material, focusing on the light coming from the galaxy itself. In the next six years of scientific observation, Euclid will image a region 30,000 times bigger than the one featured in the first image. The VIS instrument’s field of view is larger than the full moon in the night sky.
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