Using the Euclid Space Telescope, scientists have discovered a whopping 1.5 trillion orphan stars floating through a massive cluster of thousands of galaxies, one of the largest structures in the cosmos. These orphan stars, torn from their own galaxies, fill the space between the galaxies of the Perseus cluster with ghostly blue light. This so-called … Read more
Astronomers have spotted dozens of rogue planets floating loose from their stars after turning the Euclid Space Telescope to look at a remote region of the Milky Way. The wandering worlds were spotted deep in the Orion Nebula, a giant cloud of dust and gas 1,500 light-years away, and described in the first scientific results … Read more
A bewildering number of shiny galaxies, a purple-orange star nursery and a spiral galaxy similar to our Milky Way: new images were revealed on Thursday by the European Euclid Space Telescope. It is the second set of images released by the European Space Agency since Euclid launched the first-ever mission to investigate the mysteries of … Read more
This article was reviewed according to Science fact checked trusted source proofread OK! The image, captured by the Euclid satellite, shows the Perseus cluster of galaxies bathed in a soft, soft blue light coming from orphan stars. These orphan stars are scattered throughout the cluster and extend up to 2 million light-years from the center. … Read more
Editor’s note: The new Euclid Telescope images were released at 5 a.m. EDT (12 p.m. CEST). You can view the five new views of the cosmos here in our image release story. The European Space Agency (ESA) will release five new images from the Euclid Space Telescope today (May 23). And if the previous set … Read more