The Euclid space telescope has spotted 26 million galaxies in just one week of observations. The European Space Agency (ESA) has just released the first batch of data from the groundbreaking Euclid space telescope, which was built to study the mysteries of dark matter and dark energy throughout the universe.

The European Space Agency's spacecraft Euclid on Wednesday released a treasure trove of new data in its quest to map and unlock mysteries of what scientists call the "dark universe."

The Euclid mission aims to learn more about dark matter and dark energy from the large-scale structure of the cosmic web. View on euronews