This map covers only 1% of the entire image, which covers more than a third of the sky.
The European Space Agency (ESA) has displayed the first part of the giant cosmic map drawn by the Euclid Space Telescope, which was launched last year. The stunning 208 gigapixel image captures the southern sky and shows 14 million galaxies and tens of millions of stars:
The Euclid mission aims to map more than a third of the sky within six years
The combined recording of 260 separate observations recorded between March 25 and April 8, 2024, covers only 1% of the entire map, which means the final result will be even more amazing, as it will reveal billions of galaxies.
Experts hope that these recordings and the data that can be obtained from them will help us better understand the workings of our universe and contribute to finally unraveling the mysteries of dark matter and dark energy.
(source: NASAImage: ESA/Euclid/Euclid Consortium/NASA)
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