ESA’s Euclid Mission Releases First Piece of Its 3D Map of Universe
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ESA’s Euclid Mission Releases First Piece of Its 3D Map of Universe

Top Stories Tamfitronics ESA astronomers have released a 208-gigapixel mosaic of images taken by Euclid, a mission launched in 2023 to study why the Universe is expanding at an accelerating rate.This mosaic made by ESA’s Euclid space telescope contains 260 observations collected in 2024. Image credit: ESA / Euclid / Euclid Consortium / NASA / CEA Paris-Saclay / J.-C. Cuillandre / E. Bertin / G. Anselmi.The new Euclid mosaic contains 260 observations made between March 25 and April 8, 2024.In just two weeks, the space telescope covered 132 square degrees of the southern sky in pristine detail, more than 500 times the area of the full Moon.This mosaic accounts for 1% of the wide survey that Euclid will capture over six years.During this survey, Euclid will observe the shapes, distances and motions of billions of...
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Snippet of Euclid Mission’s Cosmic Atlas Released by ESA
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Snippet of Euclid Mission’s Cosmic Atlas Released by ESA

NASA Space Technology With contributions from NASA, the mission will map a third of the sky in order to study a cosmic mystery called dark energy.ESA (the European Space Agency) has released a new, 208-gigapixel mosaic of images taken by Euclid, a mission with NASA contributions that launched in 2023 to study why the universe is expanding at an accelerating rate. Astronomers use the term “dark energy” in reference to the unknown cause of this accelerated expansion.The new images were released at the International Astronautical Congress in Milan on Oct. 15.The mosaic contains 260 observations in visible and infrared light made between March 25 and April 8 of this year. In just two weeks, Euclid covered 132 square degrees of the southern sky — more than 500 times the area of the sky covered by...
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