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Euclid Deep Field North – Preview

March 19th, 2025

This is Euclid’s Deep Field North. After only one observation, the space telescope has already spotted more than ten million galaxies in this field. It is also very rich in Milky Way stars, as it...
Cosmology > Morphology > Deep Field

Euclid Deep Field North – Preview

March 19th, 2025

This is Euclid’s Deep Field North. After only one observation, the space telescope has already spotted more than ten million galaxies in this field. It is also very rich in Milky Way stars, as it...
Cosmology > Morphology > Deep Field

Euclid Deep Field Fornax – Preview

March 19th, 2025

This is Euclid’s Deep Field Fornax. After only one observation, the space telescope already spotted 4.5 million galaxies in this field. In the coming years, Euclid will make 52 observations of this...
Cosmology > Morphology > Deep Field

Euclid Deep Field Fornax – Preview

March 19th, 2025

This is Euclid’s Deep Field Fornax. After only one observation, the space telescope already spotted 4.5 million galaxies in this field. In the coming years, Euclid will make 52 observations of this...
Cosmology > Morphology > Deep Field

Euclid’s view of the Cat’s Eye Nebula

March 19th, 2025

This is a zoom-in of Euclid’s Deep Field North, showing the Cat’s Eye Nebula in the center of the image, around 3000 light-years away. Also known as NGC 6543, this nebula is a visual ‘fossil...
Nebula > Type > Planetary

Euclid Deep Field South, 16x zoom

March 19th, 2025

This image shows an area of Euclid’s Deep Field South. The area is zoomed in 16 times compared to the large mosaic. Many galaxies are visible in this field, all with different shapes and colors...
Cosmology > Morphology > Deep Field

Location of Euclid Deep Fields on Gaia and Planck Sky Map

March 19th, 2025

This graphic shows the location of the Euclid Deep Fields (yellow). This all-sky view is an overlay of ESA Gaia’s star map from its second data release in 2018 and ESA Planck’s dust map from...
Cosmology > Morphology > Deep Field

Euclid Deep Field South, 70x zoom

March 19th, 2025

This image shows an area of Euclid’s Deep Field South. The area is zoomed in 70 times compared to the large mosaic. Various huge galaxy clusters are visible in this image, as well as...
Cosmology > Phenomenon > Lensing

Euclid Deep Field South – Preview

March 19th, 2025

This is Euclid’s Deep Field South. After only one observation, the space telescope already spotted more than 11 million galaxies in this field. In the coming years, Euclid will make more...
Cosmology > Morphology > Deep Field

Euclid’s view of the Cat’s Eye Nebula

March 19th, 2025

This is a zoom-in of Euclid’s Deep Field North, showing the Cat’s Eye Nebula in the center of the image, around 3000 light-years away. Also known as NGC 6543, this nebula is a visual ‘fossil...
Nebula > Type > Planetary

Galaxies in Different Shapes Captured by Euclid

March 19th, 2025

This image shows examples of galaxies in different shapes, all captured by Euclid during its first observations of the Deep Field areas. As part of the data release, a detailed catalogue of...
Galaxy > Type > Spiral

Strong gravitational lenses captured by Euclid

March 19th, 2025

This image shows examples of gravitational lenses that Euclid captured in its first observations of the Deep Field areas. Using an initial sweep by artificial intelligence models, followed by...

Euclid Deep Field North – Preview

March 19th, 2025

This is Euclid’s Deep Field North. After only one observation, the space telescope has already spotted more than ten million galaxies in this field. It is also very rich in Milky Way stars, as it...
Cosmology > Morphology > Deep Field

Euclid image of a bright Einstein ring around galaxy NGC 6505

February 10th, 2025

The ring of light surrounding the centre of the galaxy NGC 6505, captured by ESA’s Euclid telescope, is a stunning example of an Einstein ring. NGC 6505 is acting as a gravitational lens, bending...
Galaxy > Type > Elliptical

Euclid beholds a distant swirling spiral galaxy

October 15th, 2024

This image shows an area of the mosaic released by ESA’s Euclid space telescope on 15 October 2024. The area is zoomed in 600 times compared to the large mosaic. In this image, a single spiral...
Galaxy > Type > Spiral

Euclid spots interacting galaxies

October 15th, 2024

This image shows an area of the mosaic released by ESA’s Euclid space telescope on 15 October 2024. The area is zoomed in 150 times compared to the large mosaic. On the left of the image, Euclid...
Galaxy > Grouping > Cluster

Euclid captures core of Abell 3381 galaxy cluster

October 15th, 2024

This image shows an area of the mosaic released by ESA’s Euclid space telescope on 15 October 2024. The area is zoomed in 36 times compared to the large mosaic. In this image, the core of galaxy...
Galaxy > Grouping > Cluster

Euclid’s extragalactic view in Southern Sky patch

October 15th, 2024

This image displays an area of the mosaic released by ESA’s Euclid space telescope on 15 October 2024. The area is zoomed in three times compared to the large mosaic. This patch of the Southern Sky...
Galaxy > Grouping > Cluster

Euclid sees spiral galaxy NGC 2188 and galaxy cluster Abell 3381

October 15th, 2024

This image shows an area of the mosaic released by ESA’s Euclid space telescope on 15 October 2024. The area is zoomed in twelve times compared to the large mosaic. In the middle left, spiral...
Galaxy > Grouping > Cluster

Mosaic of Euclid observations in the Southern Sky

October 15th, 2024

This mosaic made by ESA’s Euclid space telescopes contains 260 observations collected between 25 March and 8 April 2024. This is 1% of the wide survey that Euclid will capture during six years. In...
Sky Phenomenon > Night Sky > Milky Way

50,000 galaxies in Abell 2390

May 23rd, 2024

More than 50,000 galaxies are visible in this image of Abell 2390, a galaxy cluster 2.7 billion light-years away from Earth. Near the center of the image, some of the galaxies appear smudged and...
Galaxy > Grouping > Cluster

Abell 2764

May 23rd, 2024

This new view shows the galaxy cluster Abell 2764 (top right), a very dense region of space containing hundreds of galaxies orbiting within a halo of dark matter. This image is released as part of...
Galaxy > Grouping > Cluster

Galaxy NGC 6744

May 23rd, 2024

Here, Euclid captures NGC 6744, one of the largest spiral galaxies beyond our local patch of space. It’s a typical example of the type of galaxy currently forming most of the stars in the nearby...
Galaxy > Type > Spiral

Messier 78

May 23rd, 2024

This breathtaking image features Messier 78 (the central and brightest region), a vibrant nursery of star formation enveloped in a shroud of interstellar dust. This image is unprecedented – it is...
Nebula > Type > Star Formation

Dorado group of galaxies

May 23rd, 2024

The Dorado Group of galaxies is one of the richest galaxy groups in the southern hemisphere. Here, Euclid captures signs of galaxies evolving and merging ‘in action’, with beautiful tidal tails and...
Galaxy > Grouping > Cluster

NGC 6822

November 7th, 2023

To create a 3D map of the Universe, Euclid will observe the light from galaxies out to 10 billion light-years. Most galaxies in the early Universe don’t look like the quintessential neat spiral,...
Galaxy > Type > Irregular

Euclid’s view of the Horsehead Nebula

November 7th, 2023

Euclid shows us a spectacularly panoramic and detailed view of the Horsehead Nebula, also known as Barnard 33 and part of the constellation Orion. At approximately 1375 light-years away, the...
Nebula > Type > Star Formation

Euclid’s view of the Perseus cluster of galaxies

November 7th, 2023

This incredible snapshot from Euclid is a revolution for astronomy. The image shows 1000 galaxies belonging to the Perseus Cluster, and more than 100,000 additional galaxies further away in the...
Galaxy > Grouping > Cluster

Euclid's View of Spiral Galaxy IC 342

November 7th, 2023

Over its lifetime, our dark Universe detective will image billions of galaxies, revealing the hidden influence that dark matter and dark energy have on them. That’s why it’s fitting that one of...
Galaxy > Type > Spiral

Euclid’s view of globular cluster NGC 6397

October 31st, 2023

This sparkly image shows Euclid’s view on a globular cluster called NGC 6397. Globular clusters are collections of hundreds of thousands of stars held together by gravity. Located about 7800...
Star > Grouping > Cluster > Globular
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