Euclid’s 208-Gigapixel glimpse into the Universe
Discover the first page of ESA Euclid’s great cosmic atlas and marvel at millions of stars and galaxies captured in pristine detail, in a huge 208-gigapixel mosaic. The mosaic covers an area of the Southern Sky more than 500 times the area of the full Moon as seen from Earth.
This video takes you through a rare sky dive. Starting from a vast cosmic panorama bedazzled by some 14 million galaxies, a series of ever-deeper zooms brings you to a crisp view of a swirling spiral galaxy, in a final image enlarged 600 times compared to the full mosaic.
Although the scenes are enticing, they are not taken for their beauty, but to help us advance our understanding of the cosmos. Many of the 14 million galaxies in the initial vista will be used to study the hidden influence of dark matter and dark energy on the Universe.
Unveiled as a teaser of the wide survey, the mosaic accounts for 1% of the area that Euclid will cover over six years, and was obtained by combining 260 observations collected in just two weeks.
This first chunk of Euclid’s survey was revealed on 15 October 2024 at the International Astronautical Congress in Milan, Italy, by ESA’s Director General Josef Aschbacher and Director of Science Carole Mundell.
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Copyright: ESA/Euclid/Euclid Consortium/NASA, CEA Paris-Saclay, image processing by J.-C. Cuillandre, E. Bertin, G. Anselmi; ESA/Gaia/DPAC; ESA/Planck Collaboration
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im really speachless, its unbelievable!
For me, the universe represents the best church because it demonstrates just how small we are but that we're also in such a vast place that has so much in it we can't possibly be alone in the universe.
The clearity is amazing as you zoom in!
Here is my idea: adapt this type of content to be shown in a spherical venue like the one in Las Vegas. It would be a mind blowing visual experience.
Such vast cosmic beauty, thanks for sharing with us.
Can’t believe I’m saying this but NASA should take lessons from ESA for making videos that the public would enjoy.
Absolutely stunning!
How can we not be in love with such a Beautiful Universe 😍 ❤️✨️🌌🌕🌠⭐️
Nice
I bear witness that there is no god but Allah.
and I bear witness that Muhammad is the Messenger of God.
Thank you ESA for this amazing video 🙏
And here we are planing to NUKE it other!
Absolutely amazing. Three cheers for the team behind this project. There has never been a better way to spend public funds.
Unbelievable resolution. Fantastic!
This is worth to be watched in 4k. Must be insane amounts of data. Never heard of that mission. 0:53 why are there empty spots? Transmission problems or other technical errors? Just not recorded yet?