<ul><li>The European Space Agency (ESA) has released the first batch of data from the Euclid space telescope, which is studying dark matter and dark energy throughout the universe.</li><li>The released data includes initial scans of three observation regions and classifications of over 380,000 galaxies, providing a glimpse into the large-scale organization of galaxies and aiding in the understanding of galaxy formation over time.</li><li>Euclid aims to map the large-scale structure of the universe to unravel the mysteries of dark matter and dark energy, which make up an estimated 95% of the universe but cannot be directly studied.</li><li>Over its planned six-year mission, Euclid is expected to capture images of 1.5 billion galaxies and send massive amounts of data back to Earth, with artificial intelligence algorithms aiding in the analysis of the collected information.</li></ul>

Euclid space telescope unveils 'treasure trove' of data on 26 million galaxies in the 'dark universe'

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