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This image is released as part of the Early Release Observations from ESA\u2019s Euclid space mission. All data from these initial observations are made public on 23 May 2024 \u2013 including a handful of unprecedented new views of the nearby Universe, this being one.<\/p>\n
This image is a higher resolution, close-up cutout from a larger frame featuring the spiral galaxy NGC 6744. This frame shows one of the galaxy\u2019s disrupted spiral arms, a result of a recent interaction with the companion dwarf galaxy seen to the right. This interaction caused massive, hot stars to form, as marked by patches of blue.<\/p>\n
[Image description<\/u>: Hundreds of stars and galaxies are spread over this image against a dark sky. A stream of stars veiled by a thin fog-like substance curves from a cloud in the bottom to the upper right. At the end of this stream of stars sits a cloudy ellipse. A bright yellow star with eight diffraction spikes emerges from a cloud in the bottom of the image.]<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n