Euclid opens data treasure trove, offers glimpse of deep fields

[erronis]

https://phys.org/news/2025-03-euclid-treasure-trove-glimpse-deep.html


Strong gravitational lenses captured by Euclid. Credit: ESA/Euclid/Euclid Consortium/NASA, image processing by M. Walmsley, M. Huertas-Company, J.-C. Cuillandre

On 19 March 2025, the European Space Agency's Euclid mission releases its first batch of survey data, including a preview of its deep fields. Here, hundreds of thousands of galaxies in different shapes and sizes take center stage and show a glimpse of their large-scale organization in the cosmic web.

Covering a huge area of the sky in three mosaics, the data release also includes numerous galaxy clusters, active galactic nuclei and transient phenomena, as well as the first classification survey of more than 380 000 galaxies and 500 gravitational lens candidates compiled through combined artificial intelligence and citizen science efforts.

All of this sets the scene for the broad range of topics that the dark universe detective Euclid is set to address with its rich dataset.

"Euclid shows itself once again to be the ultimate discovery machine. It is surveying galaxies on the grandest scale, enabling us to explore our cosmic history and the invisible forces shaping our universe," says ESA's Director of Science, Prof. Carole Mundell.

. . .

Catch the embedded video from the ESA - quite amazing.

Also this DU post: https://www.democraticunderground.com/122890745

[wcmagumba]

1. Makes me realize just how tiny we are in the greater scheme of things...I think someone else is out there...

[erronis]

2. I'll bet they're thinking the same thing -- there must be someone else out there.

Or, they know about us and won't give themselves away.