• This undated handout obtained on November 2, 2023 from the European Space Agency ESA shows an alternative crop of astronomical image of a Horsehead Nebula taken during ESA's Euclid space mission, which is built and operated by the European Space Agency ESA and with contributions from NASA. - The first images from Europe's Euclid space telescope were released on November 7, showing a nebula resembling a horse's head, never-before-seen distant galaxies and even "circumstantial evidence" of elusive dark matter. Euclid blasted off in July on the world's first-ever mission aiming to investigate the enduring cosmic mysteries of dark matter and dark energy. It will do so partly by charting one third of the sky -- encompassing a mind-boggling two billion galaxies -- to create what has been billed as the most accurate 3D map of the universe ever. (Photo by Handout / ESA/Euclid/Euclid Consortium/NASA / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO/ESA/EUCLID/EUCLID CONSORTIUM/NASA" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS - RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO/ESA/EUCLID/EUCLID CONSORTIUM/NASA" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS /
    This undated handout obtained on November 2, 2023 from the European Space Agency ESA shows an alternative crop of astronomical image of a Horsehead Nebula taken during ESA's Euclid space mission, which is built and operated by the European Space Agency ESA and with contributions from NASA. - The first images from Europe's Euclid space telescope were released on November 7, showing a nebula resembling a horse's head, never-before-seen distant galaxies and even "circumstantial evidence" of elusive dark matter. Euclid blasted off in July on the world's first-ever mission aiming to investigate the enduring cosmic mysteries of dark matter and dark energy. It will do so partly by charting one third of the sky -- encompassing a mind-boggling two billion galaxies -- to create what has been billed as the most accurate 3D map of the universe ever. (Photo by Handout / ESA/Euclid/Euclid Consortium/NASA / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO/ESA/EUCLID/EUCLID CONSORTIUM/NASA" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS - RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO/ESA/EUCLID/EUCLID CONSORTIUM/NASA" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS /
  • Ilona Horvath uses virtual reality goggles in the Margareta nursing home in Kecskemet, Hungary. Reuters
    Ilona Horvath uses virtual reality goggles in the Margareta nursing home in Kecskemet, Hungary. Reuters
  • Nasa scientists inspect samples from asteroid Bennu. Nasa
    Nasa scientists inspect samples from asteroid Bennu. Nasa
  • A floating solar power plant on the water that can generate 192 mega watts of electricity at Cirata Reservoir, West Java. AFP
    A floating solar power plant on the water that can generate 192 mega watts of electricity at Cirata Reservoir, West Java. AFP
  • Dr Al Neyadi and Suhail - the MBRSC mascot - in front of the cupola on the International Space Station on March 17, 2023.
    Dr Al Neyadi and Suhail - the MBRSC mascot - in front of the cupola on the International Space Station on March 17, 2023.
  • Humanoid AI robot 'Ameca' at the International Telecommunication Union AI for Good Global Summit in Geneva. AFP
    Humanoid AI robot 'Ameca' at the International Telecommunication Union AI for Good Global Summit in Geneva. AFP
  • SpaceX's Starship rocket launches from Starbase during its second test flight in Boca Chica, Texas. AFP
    SpaceX's Starship rocket launches from Starbase during its second test flight in Boca Chica, Texas. AFP
  • A shoe belonging to a victim of the former Nazi German death camp Auschwitz-Birkenau is scanned in Oswiecim, Poland. AP
    A shoe belonging to a victim of the former Nazi German death camp Auschwitz-Birkenau is scanned in Oswiecim, Poland. AP

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