
A handout image released on June 23, 2026 by the European Space Agency and taken on March 23, 2025 for a period of 26 hours by the Euclid's optical camera VIS to wich the colours were added using observations captured in the summer of 2025 with the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope's MegaCam camera (CFHT-Megacam) in Hawaii shows our Milky Way galaxy's centre. 60 million stars, billions of visible galaxies and image quality never seen before: on June 24, 2026, the European Space Agency (ESA) unveiled the centre of the Milky Way, which should enable the identification of new exoplanets. (Photo by Handout / EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY / AFP via Getty Images) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / HANDOUT / EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY" - HANDOUT - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS


