Euclid Just Dropped the Largest Image Ever of Our Galaxy's Core

Name: Euclid Just Dropped the Largest Image Ever of Our Galaxy's Core
Uploaded: 2026-07-07T14:30:38.636Z
Duration: 12 min 58 s
Channel: Aerospace Inventions
Description: At the very centre of our galaxy lies a region so crowded, and so blindingly bright, that most telescopes are simply overwhelmed by it. Yet in just over a single day, ESA's Euclid spacecraft captured it in extraordinary detail: more than 60 million stars in one enormous photograph, the largest and most detailed image ever taken of the Milky Way's heart in visible light.

Aerospace Inventions

Jul 7, 2026

At the very centre of our galaxy lies a region so crowded, and so blindingly bright, that most telescopes are simply overwhelmed by it. Yet in just over a single day, ESA's Euclid spacecraft captured it in extraordinary detail: more than 60 million stars in one enormous photograph, the largest and most detailed image ever taken of the Milky Way's heart in visible light.