See the Universe like NEVER before: UK scientists use the Euclid 宇宙船 to take the largest images of the cosmos ever taken from space - 明らかにする／漏らすing a 'jellyfish' 星雲 and a clone of the 乳の Way

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素晴らしい new photos from the European Space 機関's (ESA's) Euclid 調査（する） show the largest images of the cosmos ever taken.

The UK-支援するd 宇宙船, which 爆破d off from Florida last summer, returns five new snaps from its vantage point about one million miles from Earth.?

の中で them is a 発射 of a spiral 星雲?30 million light-years away that looks like our own 乳の Way and a beautiful cloud of faraway gas and dust 形態／調整d like a jellyfish.?

There's also distant '星雲 clusters' ? several 星雲s held together by gravity ? 逮捕（する）d in 'exquisite' 詳細（に述べる） thanks to the 調査（する）'s infrared sensors.?

This second trove comes?six months after Euclid returned its first 十分な-colour images of the cosmos.?

The new collection 含むs a 星雲 (left) a spiral 星雲 that looks like our 乳の Way (最高の，を越す 権利) and 星雲 clusters (底（に届く） 権利)

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Space like you've NEVER seen it before: European Space 機関 解放（する）s the first ever 十分な-colour images of the cosmos - and says the best is yet to come

Since 存在 開始する，打ち上げるd by a SpaceX ロケット／急騰する in J uly 2023, Euclid has been 駅／配置するd at L2, the?'second Lagrange point' of space?? a position in space between Earth and the sun where 反対するs sent there tend to stay put.?

L2 is 位置を示すd 930,000 miles (1.5 million km) 直接／まっすぐに 'behind' the Earth as 見解（をとる）d from the sun ? nearly four times その上の away from the Earth than the moon ever reaches.

'These are the largest images of the Universe ever taken from space, covering large 列s of the sky in 罰金 詳細（に述べる）,' said?示す Cropper, professor of Astrophysics at University College London.?

'They 論証する Euclid’s wide-範囲ing 可能性のある, from discovering new 惑星s to 調査するing 広大な clusters of 星雲s.'?

MESSIER '78?

The 選ぶ of the bunch is a 'breathtaking' 発射 of 星雲 called Messier '78, 位置を示すd about 1,600 light-years away from Earth.?

星雲 are enormous clouds of dust and gas 占領するing the space between 星／主役にするs, and 行為／法令／行動する as a 'nursery' for new 星／主役にするs.?

This 'vibrant' stellar nursery is enveloped in a shroud of interstellar dust, which?Euclid was able to peer through using its?infrared camera.?

'Clumps' of gas and dust are pulled together by gravity to create 'コンビナート／複合体 filaments' of dark orange and pinky-purple ? giving an 全体にわたる 形態／調整 類似の to a jellyfish.?

Messier 78: The colourful image looks like a bizarre 種類 of jellyfish but it's 現実に a 星雲 - a 抱擁する cloud of gas and dust where 星／主役にするs are born

ESA calls this image '前例のない' because it is the first time this young 星／主役にする-forming 地域 has been 逮捕（する）d at this width and depth.??

NGC 6744

NGC 6744 is a spiral 星雲 about 30 million light-years away in the 星座 Pavo, also known as the Peacock.?

'Exquisite' 詳細（に述べる） is 明らかにする／漏らすd in the new image of the 星雲, 含むing?feather-like 小道／航路s of dust 現れるing as ‘刺激（する）s’ from the spiral 武器.?

天文学者s believe that 星雲s have spiral 武器 because 星雲s 回転／交替?around a central axis, although?the physics behind the structure of spiral 星雲s is something that’s still not fully understood even after １０年間s of 熟考する／考慮する.?

What they do know is that the spiral structure is important in 星雲s, because the 武器 move and compress gas to foster 星／主役にする 形式 (most of which occurs along these 武器).

NGC 6744 has been 述べるd as a lookalike for our own 乳の Way 星雲 because they are both spiral and have similarities as seen in 宇宙船 images.

But NGC 6744 is twice as big as our 星雲 ??175,000 light-years across compared to the 乳の Way's 100,000 light years.?

NGC 6744: A spiral 星雲 about 30 million light-years away in the 星座 Pavo, also known as the Peacock

Euclid is 駅／配置するd at L2, the 'second Lagrange point' of space - a position in space between Earth and the sun where 反対するs sent there tend to stay put?

ABELL 2390

Abell 2390 is a 星雲 cluster ? a 巨大（な） conglomeration of many 星雲s ? 位置を示すd 2.7 billion light-years from Earth.?

星雲 clusters are the largest 反対するs in the universe that are held together by their own gravity.

They 含む／封じ込める hundreds or thousands of 星雲s, lots of hot plasma, and a large 量 of dark 事柄 ? invisible 集まり that only interacts with 正規の／正選手 事柄 through gravity and doesn't 放出する, 吸収する or 反映する light.

星雲 clusters like Abell 2390 are large repositories of dark 事柄, making them ideal astrophysical 研究室／実験室s for 熟考する／考慮するing its 所有物／資産／財産s.?

In this 選び出す／独身 image, more than 50,000 星雲s can be 見解（をとる）d, each one appearing as a 選び出す／独身 有望な blob, like fireflies in the night's sky.?

Abell 2390: A 星雲 cluster (a 巨大（な） conglomeration of many 星雲s like the 乳の Way). More than 50 000 星雲s are seen here

ABELL 2764?

Another 星雲 cluster called Abell 2764 is seen in the 最高の，を越す 権利 of this fourth snap, discernable by an 半端物 assortment of 一連の会議、交渉／完成する and oblong blobs.?

ESA 述べるs Abell 2764 as a very dense 地域 of space 含む／封じ込めるing hu ndreds of 星雲s 軌道ing within a halo of dark 事柄 ? 事柄 that's?完全に invisible.?

Also seen in this new image is a?有望な foreground 星／主役にする that lies within our own 星雲, called V*BP-Phoenicis.

In the southern 半球, the 星／主役にする is nearly 有望な enough to be seen by the human 注目する，もくろむ, but Euclid （判決などを）下すs it 有望な and golden.?

Abell 2764: Viewable in the 最高の，を越す 権利 of this image. Also 公式文書，認める V*BP-Phoenicis (lower left), a 星／主役にする within our 星雲 and in the southern 半球 that’s nearly 有望な enough to be seen by the human 注目する，もくろむ

DORADO GROUP?

Lastly, the Dorado Group is another cluster of 星雲s, collectively spanning more than 1,000 light years in the far southern sky.??

As this image shows, Dorado's assortment of 祝祭 xies are of many 形態／調整s and sizes, from spirals to?flat and disk-形態／調整d, some very 有望な and others more faint.

As Dorado is a lot younger than other clusters, several of its 選挙権を持つ／選挙人 星雲s are still forming 星／主役にするs and remain in the 行う／開催する／段階 of interacting with one another, while others show 調印するs of having 合併するd 比較して recently.?

Dorado Group; A loose group 構成するing an 概算の 70 星雲s and 位置を示すd some 62 million light-years away

Amazingly, Euclid 逮捕（する）d this new images in just a 選び出す／独身 day, in both 明白な light and infrared light.

They are at least four times 詐欺師 than those we can take from ground-based telescopes, によれば 専門家s.?

'In these みごたえのある images we can see 星雲s that were 以前 invisible, because the most distant 星雲s can only be discovered using the longer 近づく-infrared wavelengths seen by Euclid,' said?Dr Rebecca Bowler, physicists at the University of Manchester.?

研究員s have 述べるd the 発射s in a 一連の 10 科学の papers published today, but yet more incredible 観察s will be 明らかにする／漏らすd in the years to come.?

Photo just days 事前の to July 1 開始する，打ち上げる shows Euclid 存在 安全な・保証するd on SpaceX's Falcon 9 ロケット／急騰する

A SpaceX Falcon 9 ロケット／急騰する stands ready to 開始する，打ち上げる the Euclid 衛星 for the European Space 機関 at the Cape Canaveral Space 軍隊 駅／配置する, Florida, July 1, 2023?

The 調査（する）'s 客観的な is to better understand two mysterious 構成要素s that （不足などを）補う 95 per cent of the universe ? dark 事柄 and dark energy.

Dark 事柄, which unlike normal 事柄 does not 反映する or 放出する light, 貯蔵所d together 星雲s creating the 環境 for 星／主役にするs, 惑星s and life.

一方／合間, dark energy is the mysterious 現象 which is 押し進めるing 星雲s away from each other and 原因（となる）ing the 拡大 of the universe to 加速する.?

専門家s hope Euclid will answer two 重要な questions ? what the 根底となる physical 法律s of the universe are, and how the universe 起こる／始まるd and what it is made of.?

The UK has 与える／捧げるd £37 million に向かって the £850 million 使節団, with scientists playing 重要な 役割s in designing and building the 調査（する） and 主要な on one of the two 科学の 器具s on board.?