Euclid Space Telescope Captures Largest Visible-Light Image of Milky Way's Galactic Bulge
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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.
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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Increased exoplanet discoveries using microlensing technique with Euclid and Roman space telescope data.
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- How many new exoplanets will be discovered using this data?
