NEW YORK (AP) — A European space telescope launched to explore the dark universe has released a trove of new data on distant galaxies.

But the first glimpse of 63 square degrees of the sky, the equivalent area of more than 300 times the full moon, already gives an impressive preview of the scale of Euclid's grand cosmic atlas ...

But the first glimpse of 63 square degrees of the sky, the equivalent area of more than 300 times the full Moon, already gives an impressive preview of the scale of Euclid's grand cosmic atlas ...

A light year is nearly 6 trillion miles. The observatory, which blasted off in 2023 from Florida, is creating a cosmic atlas to gain clues about how our ever-expanding universe works and how ...

is creating a cosmic atlas to gain clues about how our ever-expanding universe works and how mysterious forces called dark energy and dark matter may play a role. The elusive duo make up most of ...

The images and other information released Wednesday by the European Space Agency’s Euclid observatory includes a preview of three cosmic areas that the mission will spy in finer detail ...