Scientists reveal millions of stars in most detailed shot of Milky Way’s centre ever

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A space telescope originally designed to probe the universe's dark forces has produced the most detailed and expansive image ever captured of visible light emanating from the Milky Way's core.The European Space Agency's Euclid probe photographed more than 60 million individual stars in the densely packed galactic bulge, a region where most instruments struggle to distinguish separate celestial bodies.Scientists have hailed the remarkable snapshot as the beginning of a transformative period for planetary research beyond our solar system.The breakthrough promises to dramatically expand humanity's catalogue of known worlds orbiting distant stars throughout the galaxy.

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TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say Dr Eamonn Kerins, an astrophysicist at the University of Manchester's Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics, described the telescope's unexpected capabilities."It was never built with this science in mind, but it has proved to be a superb facility for the work," he said.The researcher...

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