The universe’s structure spans a vast network 500 times the size of the moon.
According to ESA, “This first piece of the map already contains around 100 million sources: stars in our Milky Way and galaxies beyond. Some 14 million of these galaxies could be used to study the hidden influence of dark matter and dark energy on the Universe.”
Also, “This is just 1% of the map, and yet it is full of a variety of sources that will help scientists discover new ways to describe the Universe,” Valeria Pettorino, Euclid Project Scientist at ESA, added.
Euclid began its operation in February, and the mosaic is a result of 260 observations recorded between the last week of March and the second week of April 2024.
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