Euclid Telescope Captures Most Detailed Photo of Milky Way Heart

2026-06-25T13:00:04.000Z In 2025, the European Space Agency dark universe detective spacecraft Euclid turned its attention to the heart of the Milky Way for just 26 hours. In just over one day, Euclid was able to create the largest and most detailed photo of this region of our galaxy ever made. The image, packed with 60 million stars, could help scientists hunt for extrasolar planets, exoplanets, in this region known as the galactic bulge. Euclid is designed to study dark energy, the mysterious force that drives...