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Space
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Robert Lea

This is the largest and most detailed image of our Milky Way — with over 60 million stars and 50 exoplanet systems

A dense field of glowing stars with cloudy wisps of gas scattered throughout.

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.

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