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First part of telescope's 3D map of universe is revealed
The Guardian
|October 16, 2024
The first chunk of what will be the largest 3D map of the universe ever made has been revealed, putting 14 million galaxies - not to mention tens of millions of stars in our own Milky Way on show in incredible detail.
The Euclid mission, launched in July 2023 and run by the European Space Agency (Esa) with contributions from Nasa, sent its first snapshots in November last year.
The goal of Euclid is to enable the creation of a 3D map in time and space of the universe in an attempt to elucidate its evolution and shed light on the mysterious phenomena of dark energy and dark matter that make up 95% of the universe.
The newly released data is a mosaic of 208 gigapixels and covers 1% of what will be the final map.
This story is from the October 16, 2024 edition of The Guardian.
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