"Euclid Telescope Unveils First-Ever 3D Map of the Cosmos, Revealing Secrets of Dark Matter and Energy"

The powerful Euclid telescope captured millions of stars and galaxies in a mosaic of images. This is the first step towards creating the largest 3D map of the universe. The European Space Agency’s mission, which will launch in July 2023, aims to discover the secrets of dark matter and energy.

The first part of the mapwhich contained 208 gigapixels, compiled from 260 observations between March 25 and April 8. The mosaic, which contains about 100 million stars and galaxies, was revealed on October 15 at the International Astronautical Congress in Milan. Euclid’s goal is to map over a third of the sky in six years.

One of Euclid’s main tasks is to study dark matter, which scientists say makes up 85% of all matter in the universe, and dark energy, which is thought to be as a cause of faster global expansion. Discovering the true nature of these “dark forces” of the universe could help us understand what the universe is made of, how it is expanding change over time, and do we already know everything about gravity.

The observatory has so far completed 12% of its survey and will look at galaxies up to 10 billion light years away to reveal how the universe has evolved over the past 10 billion years who left The Euclid wide field of view can record data from a portion of the sky 100 times larger than the Webb telescope.

Euclid can capture details such as the fine structures of spiral galaxies and galactic cirrus clouds of gas and dust. The telescope will obtain detailed data on 1.5 billion galaxies, including their masses and the number of stars formed each year.