Euclid Telescope Reveals the Dark Side of the Universe! #space

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The Euclid telescope, launched by the European Space Agency in 2023, is on a mission to reveal the "dark side" of the universe. It just shared its first stunning image: a cosmic mosaic of over 100 million stars and galaxies, an incredible first piece in a 3D map that will eventually cover one-third of the sky. Euclid’s camera captures a field 100 times bigger than NASA’s James Webb Telescope, letting us see clusters of galaxies and wispy clouds of cosmic dust. Euclid’s mission? To help scientists understand dark matter and dark energy—the invisible forces thought to make up most of the universe and push it to expand at a faster rate. Imagine what secrets could be hiding in that dark unknown!

Over the next six years, Euclid will create a map of 1.5 billion galaxies, revealing how the universe has grown over the past 10 billion years. So far, it’s given us a breathtaking glimpse into distant galaxy clusters, star-studded clouds, and spiral galaxies hiding behind thick cosmic dust. This mission might just answer the biggest questions about what holds the universe together and what keeps it expanding. Will Euclid finally uncover the mysteries of dark matter, dark energy, and gravity itself? Stay tuned—because this could change everything we know about our universe!