The first images from Europe's Euclid space telescope were released, showing a nebula resembling a horse's head, never-before-seen distant galaxies and even 'circumstantial evidence' of elusive dark matter.
The first images from Europe's Euclid space telescope were released, showing a nebula resembling a horse's head, never-before-seen distant galaxies and even"circumstantial evidence" of elusive dark matter.
After joining fellow space telescope James Webb at a stable hovering spot around 1.5 million kilometres from Earth, Euclid started sending back its first observations. But Euclid project scientist Rene Laureijs said that the most exciting for the team was an image of the Perseus Cluster, a massive distant collection of more than 1,000 galaxies.
Euclid's early images have already pointed towards"circumstantial evidence" of dark matter, according to Mr Laureijs. Once Euclid has collected enough data, the scientists plan to plot out a 3D map - the third dimension being time.
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