The color of the Universe
According to NASA's Astronomy Photo of the Day (APOD), this is the average color of the universe:
This is possibly the most amazing thing I've seen/read on the Internet in a long time. I think its really beautiful because the amount of darkness that must compose the universe is so vast I cannot even comprehend it.. yet the average color of the whole is unmistakably light.
More info on how two scientists at John Hopkins (Karl Glazebrook & Ivan Baldr) calculated the color is here.
This is possibly the most amazing thing I've seen/read on the Internet in a long time. I think its really beautiful because the amount of darkness that must compose the universe is so vast I cannot even comprehend it.. yet the average color of the whole is unmistakably light.
More info on how two scientists at John Hopkins (Karl Glazebrook & Ivan Baldr) calculated the color is here.
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lol, you know that they discovered this when I was in 8th grade. I had to write short reviews on articles and this was one of the ones Mom and I clipped out. I have never gotten over the fact that the universe is beige! <3
what! why did you not share this information with me back then? we did live together you know. i'm sending you a package today, hope you get it soon!
I've got the same feeling about that as you. Thanks for sharing.
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