Milky Way Hot and Cold

ESA's new Herschel Space Observatory and NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope combine to show the Milky Way at its coldest and hottest. From NASA/JPL/Caltech's Hidden Universe series.

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Science & Technology

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• galaxy
• milky
• way
• stars
• galactic
• center
• supernova
• black holes
• black hole
• universe
• space
• infrared
• astronomy

[karadan100]

Galileo would have loved to live in these times.

I feel privileged to live during an era of such fascinating discovery.

[CousinoMacul]

I love composite astronomical pictures from different "invisible" wavelengths. Totally sweet!

[quasiphatpaul]

Shouldn't the hottest parts be red and the coldest blue? Why switch an association that we all have?

[karadan100]

@Nectrosu Yes and no. I'm fascinated as to what sort of things we will have discovered by then (as long as we aren't already extinct) but i fear the kinds of changes in society would be very difficult to adjust to. We are used to living in the present and can cope with gradual change. If you brought Someone from 500 years ago to present day, they would have a very hard time dealing with the world. Everything would be far too scary for them.

[Nectrosu]

@karadan100 What about in 5-10 centuries? Don't you want to live there?

[AleximusMaximus]

@Caldari1 Only if you assume God exists, otherwise they just declare the glory of themselves. And lol.. Caldari < Gallente < Minmatar < Amarr.

[AleximusMaximus]

Astrophotography - showing us an otherwise invisible, but absolutely real universe all around us. Beautiful :)

[andres5501]

@SomethingIntence Yeah same thing I think, too bad I was born now, and not 100-200 years from now, where *if we are still alive and not dead from a stupid war* Space travel hopefully was closer, and also more information was present. Well the only thing one can do is save enough money to go on those Virgin airlinies trip around the earth kind of thing...

[iTzBurg3Rsempai]

@Caldari1 You. Out.

[Caldari1]

The heavens declare the glory of God : )

[SomethingIntence]

@karadan100 I too feel privileged to live in this era, but... God I wish I could live in a time when anyone could visit these stars as we visit other countries today... God damn why was I born now and not in 200 years or when ever we are able to go to these beautiful stars and understand dark matter...

[bbboooommmm]

@jedi390669 the only way to see dark matter curently known is by creating it with a large hydron colider like the CERN have