<ul><li>The European Space Agency (ESA) has released the first batch of survey data from its €1.4bn Euclid mission.</li><li>In just one week of observations, Euclid spotted 26 million galaxies, as well as transient phenomena such as supernovae and gamma-ray bursts.</li><li>The dataset also includes a catalogue of 380,000 galaxies detected by artificial intelligence or citizen-science efforts.</li><li>Euclid is expected to image over 1.5 billion galaxies over its lifetime and will release its first 'cosmology data' in October 2026.</li></ul>

Euclid mission spots 26 million galaxies in first batch of survey data

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