The survey data, released March 19, includes initial scans of three regions that Euclid will observe regularly, as well as detailed classifications of more than 380,000 galaxies — a mere 0.4% of the galaxies scientists expect to catalog over the mission's planned six-year lifespan.

The European Space Agency’s “dark universe detective” discovered millions of new galaxies and offers potential clues about dark matter

Learn about the latest data from the ESA's Euclid telescope, classifying 380,000 galaxies and bringing us one step closer to understanding dark matter and dark energy.