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Euclid's first images: the dazzling edge of darkness (www.esa.int)
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[–] ConfusedMeAgain@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

The image shows 1000 galaxies belonging to the Perseus Cluster, and more than 100 000 additional galaxies further away in the background.

GALAXIES! It can see this many GALAXIES. This is mind boggling.