Eyes on the Universe

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Floor 1, LeFrak Theater corridor

Three people stand in a gallery looking at large photos of space, with text "Eyes on the Universe: Images from Space Telescopes" printed on the wall.
Daniel Kim/© AMNH 
Space telescopes give us an unprecedented view of the distant universe.

They orbit far beyond our planet’s atmosphere, which blocks infrared and ultraviolet light and distorts ground-based telescope images. They let us watch planets forming, stars exploding, and disks around black holes ejecting jets of gas at almost light speed.

In this exhibition, explore more than a dozen dazzling images taken by the Hubble Space Telescope, James Webb Space Telescope, and the Gaia mission.

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The planet Jupiter, with multicolored striped bands running across its surface, against a dark background.
The planet Jupiter observed in infrared by the James Webb Space Telescope. Red, green, and blue were used to represent three different colors or wavelengths of infrared light in this image.
NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Ricardo Hueso (UPV), Imke de Pater (UC Berkeley), Thierry Fouchet (Observatory of Paris), Leigh Fletcher (University of Leicester), Michael H. Wong (UC Berkeley), Joseph DePasquale (STScI)
A large, bright, cloud-like mass shaped like a cave comes up against a tilted darker mass with three bright stars beaming around it.
Rho Ophiuchi Cloud Complex This dazzling image of a star-forming region taken by James Webb Space Telescope shows new stars emerging from the gas and dust in which they formed.
NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Klaus Pontoppidan (STScI), Alyssa Pagan (STScI)
A bubble of colorful gas and dust in dark space, surrounded by bright speckled stars and light, cloud-like streaks.
Bubble Nebula NGC 7635 A massive star ejects stellar wind at 4 million miles per hour (6.4 million km per hour), inflating a giant bubble 7 light years across, in this image captured by the Hubble Space Telescope. 
NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)
Brightly colored, wispy cloud-like shapes form a circular shape against dark space dotted with hundreds of bright stars.
Supernova Remnant Cassiopeia A The remnants of an exploded star (orange) shoot out so fast that they overtake, collide with, and heat previously emitted stellar wind (white), in this image captured in 2022 by the James Webb Space Telescope.
NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Danny Milisavljevic (Purdue University), Ilse De Looze (UGent), Tea Temim (Princeton University)