Euclid reveals 60 million stars in unprecedented Milky Way center view
TL;DR
ESA’s Euclid telescope produced a 26‑hour mosaic of the Milky Way’s bulge, unveiling more than 60 million stars in the central region and enabling precise stellar motions to improve exoplanet detection via microlensing; the work complements NASA’s upcoming Roman telescope, which is expected to find about 1,500 microlensing planets and could push the galactic exoplanet count beyond 100,000.
- Millions of stars light up largest and most detailed shot of Milky Way’s centre The Guardian
- ESA’s Euclid captures the Milky Way’s crowded heart European Space Agency
- Telescope captures most detailed image yet of Milky Way's heart: "Cosmic magnifying glass" CBS News
- ESA Dark Universe Mission Turns To The Light, Capturing The Beating Heart Of Our Galaxy IFLScience
- Behold Our Best View Yet of the Milky Way’s Massive Galactic Bulge Gizmodo
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