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The European Space Agency’s Euclid space telescope's first five science images of our cosmos have been revealed, and they're absolutely stunning.
"This space telescope intends to tackle the biggest open questions in cosmology," Valeria Pettorino, a Euclid project scientist, said in a statement."And these early observations clearly demonstrate that Euclid is more than up to the task." Researchers think dark matter and dark energy together make up about 95% of the universe, but they do not interact with light so can't be detected directly. Instead, scientists study these mysterious components by observing the way they interact with the visible universe around them: Dark matter can be seen by observing its gravitational warping effects on galaxies; and dark energy in the force propelling the universe's runaway expansion.
But besides having immense scientific value, Euclid's images are also stunning. Here's our guide to the five released on Thursday . Messier 78This stunning image of the star nursery Messier 78, located 1,300 light-years away within the constellation Orion, shows stars forming between vibrant tendrils of gas and dust. More than 300,000 new objects were revealed by Euclid's powerful infrared eye in this image, including baby stars and ejected rogue planets.
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