Category: galaxies

The Euclid space telescope’s first images show distant, hidden, and irregular galaxies that could help solve 2 of astronomy’s grandest...

Euclid’s view of irregular galaxy NGC 6822. European Space Agency/Euclid Consortium/NASA; image processing by J.-C. Cuillandre, G. Anselmi The Euclid space telescope returned its first photos and they’re stunning. The five high-res photos show a hidden galaxy, a star cluster, a famous stellar nursery, and more. Scientists said they hope to use data from Euclid to better understand dark matter and dark energy. The Euclid space telescope, which launched…