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Euclid Space Telescope Finds 1.5 Trillion Orphan Stars Wandering in the Perseus Cluster (Images)

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A Euclid image of the Perseus cluster of galaxies bathed in a gentle, soft blue light emanating from orphan stars. These orphan stars are dispersed throughout the cluster, extending up to 2 million light-years from its centre.

Using the Euclid Space Telescope, scientists have discovered a staggering 1.5 trillion orphan stars moving through a vast cluster of thousands of galaxies, one of the largest structures in the cosmos. These orphaned stars, torn from their own galaxies, fill the space between the Perseus cluster galaxies with a ghostly blue light. This so-called “inner … Read more

Scientists pick their favorite images from Euclid’s ‘dark universe’ telescope: ‘The best is yet to come’

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Six Euclid images are shown. The first two are starry and galactic-spotted sections of space. The third is a gassy nebula that exhibits a small hook-shaped feature toward the top left. The fourth is a patchy, pink and orange section of space, the fifth is a blobby and hazy area against the backdrop of space and the final one is an individual spiral galaxy.

On Thursday (23 May), the European Space Agency (ESA) and its collaborators released a set of five images constructed by its ground-breaking Euclid Space Telescope. The Euclid consortium previously released five images from the space telescope on November 7, 2023. Euclid has been called Europa’s “dark universe detective” because its wide field of view allows … Read more