Never before has a telescope, whether space or ground-based, been able to create such sharp astronomical images over such a large area of sky and to look so far into the distant Universe. The role of our country was decisive, with contributions from the Italian Space Agency, INAF, INFN and several Italian universities.

Euclid's view of the Perseus cluster of galaxies

Euclid's view of spiral galaxy IC 342

Euclid's view of irregular galaxy NGC 6822

Euclid's view of globular cluster NGC 6397

Euclid's view of the Horsehead Nebula
Credits: ESA