Wednesday, November 5, 2025

Thick Dust Can't Stop Euclid From Doing Its Job

The ESA's Euclid space telescope captured this image of the dark cloud LDN 1641. It's a star forming region in the Orion Molecular Cloud Complex. The image illustrates the telescopes ability to see stars hidden behind dusty veils. Image Credit: ESA/Euclid/Euclid Consortium/NASA, image processing by M. Schirmer (MPIA, Heidelberg). LICENCE: CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO or ESA Standard Licence

The Euclid Space Telescope found some stars hiding in thick gas and dust in the Orion Molecular Cloud Complex. They're inside a so-called dark cloud named LDN 1641.



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