Euclid image - This image is a smaller, close-up cutout from a larger frame featuring Messier 78, a vibrant nursery of star formation enveloped in a shroud of interstellar dust. This image shows the densest part of the molecular cloud complex and a region with ongoing star formation
This image is a smaller, close-up cutout from a larger frame featuring Messier 78, a vibrant nursery of star formation enveloped in a shroud of interstellar dust. This image shows the densest part of the molecular cloud complex and a region with ongoing star formation. Image credit: ESA/Euclid/Euclid Consortium/NASA, image processing by J.-C. Cuillandre (CEA Paris-Saclay), G. Anselmi; CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO or ESA Standard Licence.

The European Space Agency-led Euclid telescope collaboration, which includes a Canadian science team, released its first early release observations today (May 23) showcasing the capabilities of the dark matter mission.

You’ve read all free articles for the month

Summer Discount Offers

Monthly subscription: Use code 27SNAZHH during checkout to try our monthly option for $6 month for your first two months. After the trial, your subscription will automatically switch to our regular rate of $17 month.

Annual subscription: Use code 22PGDYXN during checkout for 10% off an annual subscription.

Register now and get
3 free articles per month.

You’ll get the Short Cuts and Weekly Roundup newsletters. Opt-out at any time.

Register for free

Unlimited access to our
daily news content.

See our monthly, annual and student offers. Support independent journalism.

Sign in to an existing account

Is SpaceQ's Associate Editor as well as a business and science reporter, researcher and consultant. She recently received her Ph.D. from the University of North Dakota and is communications Instructor instructor at Algonquin College.