We have the first science images from the ESA’s Euclid telescope and they are STUNNING. Euclid can take detailed photos with a wide field of view. Here’s a breakdown of what you’re looking at and why it’s important.
Astrophysikerin Laila Linke berichtet heute im ORF Ö1 Mittagsjournal über die ersten Ergebnisse der Euclid-Weltraummission. Allein im Perseus-Galaxienhaufen hat ein internationales Forschungsteam 600 bisher unbekannte Zwerggalaxien entdeckt. Das neue Teleskop liefert beeindruckende Bilder des bisher unerforschten Universums.
Here are the much anticipated 10 images taken by the Euclid "Dark Matter Hunter" space telescope.
The images and accompanying papers were presented today at a gathering by the Euclid Consortium. We have seen the first image before.
These are part of the Euclid Early Release Observation program. The first results from Euclid’s wide and deep main surveys will take until fall, first cosmology papers at least until late 2025.
For those wondering about the significance of these images from Euclid and what they may tell us about dark matter, dark energy and the fate of the Universe, the answer is that we will have to read the papers 🙁
I have not read them yet; as I get time, I will try to summarize the findings.
Also, follow posts by @franco_vazza, who has much deeper knowledge about these images and about astrophysics in general.
Finally, after months of work, the #ESAEuclid Early Release Observation images, data, first science results, and #Euclid mission reference papers have been released. You can read more in our blog post, which has links to the papers, the press releases, and everything else:
Das sind die neuen Bilder vom Weltraumteleskop Euclid
Das Weltraumteleskop Euclid hat neue Bilder veröffentlicht. Die Aufnahmen sollen helfen, Licht ins Dunkel des Universums zu bringen, konkret: Dunkle Materie und Dunkle Energie zu ergründen. Von Leander Beil.
1112 authors for a space mission 🛰️ reference paper seems ... adequate 🤷🏽😯😁
We, the @ec_euclid will publish five main reference papers aimed at the astronomy community about the #ESAEuclid mission, the #Euclid instruments, both cosmology and other astronomy science possibilities, as well as the cosmological simulations used to test all procedures.
Available coming Tuesday, 23 May, 12:00 CEST (and on arXiv a few hours later). Stay tuned!
Expect new images and first science results from #ESAEuclid coming Thursday, 23 May. Five new stunning images, first ten science papers plus five #Euclid reference publications.
There will be broadcast by #ESA as well as press and paper releases by ESA and us. Stay tuned!
What is #ESAEuclid? It's a physics experiment and an #ESA space mission 🛰️ - but foremost it's a project imagined, designed, built, and operated by more than 2000 scientists, engineers, and technicians 👩🔬 👨💻 👩🔧.
We are now starting a series of #blog-posts showcasing a cross-section of the people behind #Euclid
I just love this image - it highlights why we need all the different telescopes: each of them looks at the same object in different ways. And only when working together a complete image emerges.
Here, #Euclid's wide field is combined with #Hubble's zoom-in and #JWST sharpest IR image we ever obtained, allowing us to study how radiation interacts with interstellar matter.