Euclid telescope captures record image of Milky Way center to support NASA's Roman mission
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Martijn Luinstra
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ESA's Euclid space telescope has captured the largest and most detailed image of the Milky Way's galactic bulge, containing over 60 million stars. The observation was conducted outside Euclid's regular survey to support NASA's upcoming Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope's exoplanet studies. The Roman telescope has arrived at Kennedy Space Center for launch preparations aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket.
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Euclid observed the area outside of its regular survey in support of NASA's upcoming Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope's exoplanet study.
Roman arrived at NASA's Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida, where technicians will prepare it for its launch atop a SpaceX Falcon Heavy.
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