This Is the Most Detailed Image Yet of the Milky Way's Center

Marta MussoScienceJun 28, 2026 5:30 AMThis Is the Most Detailed Image Yet of the Milky Way’s CenterThe Euclid space telescope's stunning photo of our galaxy’s “crowded heart” captures more than 60 million stars.Photograph: ESA/Euclid/Euclid Consortium/NASA, CFHT, image processing by J.-C. Cuillandre and E. Bertin (CEA Paris-Saclay)CommentLoaderSave StorySave this storyCommentLoaderSave StorySave this storyThe European Space Agency’s (ESA) Euclid space telescope has captured the largest and most detailed visible-light image ever obtained of the Milky Way's galactic bulge, the central region of our galaxy.The image is a mosaic containing more than 60 million stars, as well as nebulae and star clusters.

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