After fears that Europe's space scope was toast, its first images look mighty fine
Astronomers are breathing a sigh of relief that the 600-megapixel Euclid wide-angle space telescope's instruments appear to be working well, despite discovering a gap in the orbiter's hull that allowed sunlight to leak through and contaminate some images., Euclid will snap billions of galaxies to help astronomers piece together the largest three-dimensional map of the universe.
"Our teams have worked tirelessly since the launch of Euclid on July 1 and these first engineering images give a tantalising glimpse of the remarkable data we can expect from Euclid," sheThe space agency wasn't always so confident about the observatory's abilities – especially after it found an odd light pattern affecting some of its images.
"After more than 11 years of designing and developing Euclid, it's exhilarating and enormously emotional to see these first images," enthused Euclid project manager Giuseppe Racca.
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