Usually, when people see pictures of space, the first thing that would pop in their minds are the feeling of fascination and appreciation. The colors and how the photos are presented are simply captivating.
But there was a report that there are people who complain that those photos are simply false because the outer space doesn't look actually like that.
Paul Sutter, an astrophysicist based at Ohio State University shared at Space.com that this it is just normal for NASA to release photos of the space as such. The reason according to the chief scientist at the COSI Science Center is not because to earn more likes but simply because of science.
He added that even a little enhancement in the picture could aid them understand many complex things that people could not just grasp.
Therefore, if those pictures were enhanced, then what precisely is the color of the space?
Well, scientists stated that there is no right or wrong answer on the question because it is really impossible to tell objectively the color of the outer space. They added that this is just dependent on the type of eyes you are using to look at it.
Supporting this theory is the occurrence of space emitting wavelengths of light which others are visible while some are not. Most of the emissions are red and blue light which are easily captured by the eyes.
The Hubble Space Telescope, which is the source of most of the images of outer space we see, doesn't really know the real color of the space. Accordingly, Hubble only captures black and white images and it is only with the aid of CCD that scientists produce colored photos of the space.
This then explains why most of the images that people see are in red or blue color, which is what human eyes could see. Although, researchers still want to know which parts of the space are discharging UV, X-rays or gamma rays.
So now that it has been confirmed that space is not really what we usually see in photos, would we still get fascinated in discovering life beyond the planet?
