European Space Agency's Euclid Captures The Star-Filled Center Of The Milky Way
NASA will begin mapping the galactic bulge with a mission later this summer.
ESA/Euclid/Euclid Consortium/NASA, CFHT, image processing by J.-C. Cuillandre and E. Bertin (CEA Paris-Saclay)
A large portion of our space coverage stems from the James Webb Space Telescope, but today we're featuring an image from a different lens. The photo above is a portion of a larger image from the European Space Agency's Euclid telescope, which has primarily been documenting the dark universe. This very bright image came from a detour that refocused Euclid on the galactic bulge, which is astronomers' name for the bulbous center of the Milky Way.
But it's more than just a beautiful picture. This snapshot offers a jump start to a NASA project that's due to begin later this summer. The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will start its five-year mission to chart changes in stars and other celestial objects in a small...
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