{
  "id": 15648367,
  "title": "The ESA's Euclid Space Telescope Has Discovered A New Comet",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/19/the-esas-euclid-space-telescope-has-discovered-a-new-comet",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-19T19:56:36.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Universe Today",
    "slug": "universe-today",
    "url": "https://www.universetoday.com/articles/the-esas-euclid-space-telescope-has-discovered-a-new-comet"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The ESA's Euclid space telescope was launched in July, 2026, and its mission is to observe billions of galaxies. The goal is to measure their redshifts over 10 billion years of Universal expansion, to better understand dark matter and dark energy. Surprisingly, the telescope has discovered a brand new comet, now named C/2026 S1 (Euclid).",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Sci.News",
        "title": "ESA’s Euclid Space Telescope Discovers Its First Comet",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/19/esas-euclid-space-telescope-discovers-its-first-comet",
        "published": "2026-10-19T21:38:55.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}