Euclid’s 208-Gigapixel glimpse into the Universe - YouTube - ESA - astrophysics/cosmology

The ESA Euclid spacecraft has released the first page of a large cosmic atlas it is photographing,amounting about 1% of the total.The ultimate purpose of the atlas and Euclid spacecraft is to explore the role of dark matter and dark energy in the universe.The first page of the atlas is a huge 208-gigapixel mosaic.The images were collected from 260 observations collected in just two weeks.It was released on 15 OCT 2024 at the International Aeronautical Congress in Milan,Italy by ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher and Director of Science Carole Mundell.*Text by ESA and edited by Andrew Taylor*Cosmology is the study of the origin,evolution and structures of the universe.*Dark matter is about 27% of the universe,while dark energy is about 68% of the universe.