Euclid Telescope Unveils New Pics From Dark Matter Mission
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New images reveal shining galaxies, a purple and orange star nursery and a spiral galaxy similar to our Milky Way
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These new images are from Europe's Euclid space telescope
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This is the second set of images after Euclid's launch last year in the first-ever mission to probe the mysteries of dark matter and dark energy
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Scientific data from Euclid was also published for the first time in the six-year mission
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The mission aims to use its wide view to chart two billion galaxies across a third of the sky
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The image of the cluster, which is 2.7 billion light years from Earth, encompasses more than 50,000 galaxies
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Dark matter and dark energy are thought to make up 95 percent of the universe
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Euclid also captured the deepest-ever image of the Messier 78, a nursery where stars are born 1,300 light years from Earth in the Orion constellation
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Another image of the huge galaxy cluster Abell 2764 depicts a black expanse in which one yellow star stands out
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In the 5th new image, the spiral galaxy NGC 6744 - which bears a striking resemblance to the Milky Way - fans out against a backdrop of shining stars
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