Euclid space telescope sends back first colour images of cosmos from ‘dark universe’ mission

The first images sent back by the Euclid space telescope from its “dark universe” mission have been revealed. Before unveiling the pictures Euclid project scientist René Laureijs said, “We have never seen astronomical images like this before, containing so much detail.” Euclid's view of the Horsehead Nebula “They are even more beautiful and sharp than we could have hoped for, showing us many previously unseen features in well-known areas of the nearby universe,” Laureijs added. Globular cluster NGC 6397 Globular cluster NGC 6397 Perseus cluster of galaxies Perseus cluster of galaxies ESA's director of science Carole Mundell said before revealing the high-quality pictures, “I'm absolutely delighted to say that is the point where we say that we have reached all of our engineering milestones for the mission and we're now able to move into the science phase.” In a never-seen-before series of pictures, the striking Perseus Cluster and its 1,000 galaxies, along with its 100,000 additional distant galaxies in the background can be seen in an unfathomable detail. The space telescope also observed spiral galaxy IC 342 a.k.a “The Hidden Galaxy.” Spiral galaxy IC 342/ ‘The Hidden Galaxy’ The Hidden Galaxy According to a statement released by Matthias Kluge, a scientist at the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics in Garching and the Ludwig Maximilian University, “With Euclid’s huge field of view and its high sensitivity, the galaxies in the Perseus Galaxy Cluster can be measured down to their outermost and faintest regions.