Euclid space telescope's 1st results reveal 'a goldmine of data' in search for dark matter and dark energy (images, video)

The European Space Agency's Euclid spacecraft has released its first data.

The data includes the classification survey of 380,000 galaxies, 500 new gravitational lens candidates, and a wealth of other cosmic bodies like galaxy clusters and active galactic nuclei.

Euclid must observe such a wide population of galaxies if scientists are to use its data to crack the mysteries of the "dark universe," the collective name for dark matter and dark energy.

ESA 's Euclid telescope has already spotted more than 11 million galaxies in its deep field field.

The space telescope will observe each field between 30 and 52 times over Euclid 's six-year mission.

Euclid will release 2 petabytes of data next year , equal to streaming 31 years of 4 K TV .

In this field, Euclid observed hints at a large-scale structure of the universe called the cosmic web.

Dark universe detective spacecraft Euclid has found 500 new gravitational lens images.

The new images show galaxies with gravitational lenses amplifying light from a distant background galaxy.

Almost all of these new Euclid gravitational lens arrangements were previously unknown.