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Euclid spacecraft captures 26 million galaxies in just one week


"Euclid shows itself once again to be the ultimate discovery machine. It is surveying galaxies on the grandest scale, enabling us to explore our cosmic history and...

The data covers a substantial area of the sky in three mosaics, showcasing the mission's capability to explore the large-scale organization of galaxies within the cosmic web. It is surveying galaxies on the grandest scale, enabling us to explore our cosmic history and the invisible forces shaping our Universe," said ESA's Director of Science, Prof. Carole Mundell. Over the coming years, Euclid will revisit these regions tens of times, capturing many more distant galaxies and making these fields truly 'deep' by the end of the mission in 2030.

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