ESA releases stunning cosmic atlas from Euclid mission to study dark energy
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The European Space Agency (ESA) has released a new 208-gigapixel mosaic from its Euclid mission, which aims to study dark energy. This mosaic covers 132 square degrees of the southern sky, over 500 times the area of the full Moon. The images were taken between March 25 and April 8, 2024, and represent 1% of the total survey planned over six years. The mosaic includes around 14 million galaxies and 100 million stars, providing a glimpse into the vastness of the universe. Euclid's findings will complement NASA's upcoming Nancy Grace Roman mission, which will also investigate dark energy but with higher-resolution images of a smaller sky area. Roman is scheduled to launch by May 2027.