ESA's Euclid Space Telescope Accidentally Discovers New Comet

The European Space Agency's Euclid Space Telescope, primarily designed to map galaxies and study dark matter and dark energy, has serendipitously discovered its first comet, designated C/2026 S1 (Euclid). The comet was identified between September 16 and 24 after it appeared as a streak in five image sets, demonstrating the telescope's unexpected capability to detect objects within our own solar system.