#galaxy

anonymiss@despora.de

#Euclid test images tease of riches to come

source: https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Euclid/Euclid_test_images_tease_of_riches_to_come

Euclid’s VISible instrument (VIS) will take super sharp images of billions of #galaxies to measure their shapes. Looking closely at this first image, we already get a glimpse of the bounty that VIS will bring; whilst a few galaxies are very easy to spot, many more are fuzzy blobs hidden amongst the #stars, waiting to be unveiled by Euclid in the #future.

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By combining distance information with that on galaxy shapes measured by VIS, we will be able to map how galaxies are distributed throughout the #Universe, and how this distribution changes over time. Ultimately, this 3D map will teach us about dark matter and dark energy.

#darkMatter #science #space #exploration #news #photo #galaxy #esa

earendil@diaspora.glasswings.com

#galaxy

star-forming region S106 (Hubble) by Jason Major

Here’s a look into the star-forming region S106, made from image data captured by NASAHubble in infrared wavelengths on Feb. 13, 2011. A newborn star is blasting away a space from within the cloud it formed, 3,300 light-years away in the constellation Cygnus.