This is the largest and most detailed image of our Milky Way - with over 60 million stars and 50 exoplanet systems
The European Space Agency's Euclid spacecraft has captured the most detailed image of the Milky Way's galactic bulge to date. This high-resolution data, featuring 60 million stars, will assist astronomers in identifying exoplanets through microlensing events.
Why it matters
This imagery provides a critical tool for understanding the distribution of exoplanets and the dark energy driving the expansion of the universe.
Galaxies This is the largest and most detailed image of our Milky Way - with over 60 million stars and 50 exoplanet systems News By Robert Lea published 24 June 2026 "This image from Euclid includes 51 known planetary systems - and it will assist in studying many more that will be found."
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