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Ben Turner

Euclid telescope reveals 1st section of largest-ever 3D map of the universe — and there's still 99% to go

A oblong round map of space showing many stars, with a small yellow region highlighted off to the lower right.

The first piece of what will one day be the largest-ever 3D map of the universe has been revealed, and it's crammed with 14 million galaxies.

The snapshot was taken by the European Space Agency's (ESA) Euclid space telescope. Launched on July 1, 2023, Euclid was designed to compile wide-lens images to help scientists hunt for two of the universe's most mysterious components: dark matter and dark energy.

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