https://freerepublic.com/tag/institut/ en-us Thu, 25 Jun 2026 03:04:59 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4385324/posts This image will help us discover countless new exoplanets. The full Euclid image. Image credit: ESA/Euclid/Euclid Consortium/NASA, CFHT, image processing by J.-C. Cuillandre and E. Bertin (CEA Paris-Saclay) Pointing the telescope to look at the central region of the galaxy wasn't just because it’s pretty or because Euclid can. The research team will use this incredible image and the data behind it to discover and characterize planets. This is possible thanks to a technique known as microlensing. Any object with mass warps spacetime. Galaxies, clusters, and black holes can create a strong gravitational lensing effect: space-time warps so much that... IFL Science https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4385324/posts#comment Thu, 25 Jun 2026 03:04:59 GMT