Euclid Captures the Milky Way's Crowded Core in Unprecedented Detail
TL;DR
The European Space Agency’s Euclid space telescope produced the largest, most detailed visible-light image of the Milky Way’s center—the galactic bulge—showing more than 60 million stars in a mosaic of nine pointings. While no new microlensing events were identified during the 26-hour campaign, the data will enable precise mass measurements of known exoplanets and serve as a reference archive for future missions like NASA’s Roman telescope, supporting deeper exoplanet studies, brown dwarfs, binary stars, and galactic dust research.
- This Is the Most Detailed Image Yet of the Milky Way’s Center WIRED
- ESA’s Euclid captures the Milky Way’s crowded heart European Space Agency
- See the Most Detailed Photo of the Milky Way's Heart Ever Taken in Visible Light, Which Will Help Astronomers Hunt for Exoplanets Smithsonian Magazine
- Millions of stars light up largest and most detailed shot of Milky Way’s centre The Guardian
- Euclid Sees Heart of Milky Way NASA (.gov)
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