Euclid's New Portrait of the Milky Way's Crowded Bulge

The Largest, Most Detailed Image of the Milky Way's 'Heart' Shows 60 Million Stars

The dark-universe telescope turned inward and caught 60 million stars.

Euclid's New Portrait of the Milky Way's Crowded Bulge

The ESA's Euclid space telescope took 26 hours to capture this portrait of the Milky Way's central bulge. This isn't part of its primary mission; instead it's kind of like bonus science. It'll be used in the Roman Space Telescope's gravitational microlensing search for exoplanets. Regardless of the science, it's an impressive image.

See Milky Way’s core in most detailed photo yet

The Euclid space telescope has captured the largest and most detailed view of our Milky Way’s core yet. This is just a portion of the image, which Euclid made on March 23, 2025. The European Space Agency (ESA) released the image on June 24, 2026. Explore the image in its highest resolution here. Image via ESA/Euclid/Euclid Consortium/NASA, CFHT, image processing by J.-C. Cuillandre and E. Bertin (CEA Paris-Saclay). Science matters. Wonder matter…

Euclid Looked Into Our Galaxy’s Core… and This Is What It Saw

Euclid Looked Into Our Galaxy’s Core… and This Is What It SawEuclid just captured a 600-megapixel image of the Milky Way’s center, showing more than 60 million stars. Credit to : NSN Space News

ESA’s Euclid just captured the crowded heart of our galaxy

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