The European Space Agency's Euclid mission has made significant strides in studying dark matter and dark energy through its first major data release, which includes images of 26 million galaxies and spans a cosmic history of 10 billion years. The researchers have created a detailed catalogue of 380,000 galaxies, illustrating diverse galactic structures, including instances of galaxies merging. This data offers rare views of gravitational lensing effects, which occur when massive galaxies warp space and magnify distant galaxies behind them, aiding in the understanding of dark matter.
The Euclid mission's first data release includes observations of 26 million galaxies, providing groundbreaking insights into dark matter and dark energy, essential for understanding cosmic structure.
As the chief scientist of the UK Space Agency, Prof Adam Amara expressed his relief and optimism, noting that the observations align with their scientific expectations and hint at groundbreaking discoveries.
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