ESA's Euclid telescope captures largest, most detailed visible-light image of Milky Way's center with over 60 million stars
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Robert Lea
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The European Space Agency's Euclid space telescope captured the largest and most detailed visible-light image of the Milky Way's center ever created, in just 26 hours of observation on March 23, 2025. The image contains over 60 million stars and 51 known exoplanet systems, and is expected to help discover many more planetary systems. This achievement by ESA's "dark universe detective" spacecraft demonstrates the telescope's powerful imaging capabilities beyond its primary mission of studying dark energy and dark matter.
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· 3 pulledIn 2025, the European Space Agency dark universe detective spacecraft Euclid turned its attention to the heart of the Milky Way for just 26 hours.
In just over one day, Euclid was able to create the largest and most detailed photo of this region of our galaxy ever made.
This image from Euclid includes 51 known planetary systems – and it will assist in studying many more that will be found.
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