The first full-color images captured by the brand-new Euclid Space Telescope have been made public, and they did not disappoint.
Never before has a telescope been able to create such razor-sharp astronomical images across such a large patch of the sky and look so far into the distant Universe.
These inaugural images showcase Euclid's extraordinary capability to create the most comprehensive 3D map of the universe yet.
But what’s so special about the Euclid Space Telescope? How is it different from the $10 billion James Webb Space Telescope? And what’s so special about these five images captured by Euclid from the edge of darkness?
Let’s have a look at them one by one in this video.