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Euclid Space Telescope Captures Largest Visible-Light Image of Milky Way's Galactic Bulge

Euclid Space Telescope Milky Way Galactic Bulge Exoplanet Detection

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The ESA's Euclid space telescope has captured the largest and most detailed visible-light image of the Milky Way's galactic bulge, containing over 60 million stars, to aid in exoplanet detection and mass measurement via microlensing.

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The Euclid space telescope is designed to observe distant galaxies but has captured a detailed image of the Milky Way's galactic bulge.

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The European Space Agency’s (ESA) Euclid space telescope has captured the largest and most detailed visible-light image ever obtained of the Milky Way's galactic bulge, the central region of our galaxy. The image is a mosaic containing more than 60 million stars, as well as nebulae and star clusters. It will allow scientists to confirm the possible presence of exoplanets using a microlensing technique and measure their masses with greater precision. [...] This story originally appeared on WIRED Italia and has been translated from Italian.

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