{"id":214815,"url":"https://www.kudos365.com/news/214815-cosmic-latte-the-average-color-of-the-universe-09-28-26","short_url":"https://www.kudos365.com/news/214815","headline":"Cosmic Latte: The Average Color of the Universe • 09/28/26","content":"\u003cp\u003eNASA Astronomy Picture of the Day:\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhat color is the universe? More precisely, if the entire sky were smeared out, what color would the final mix be? This whimsical question came up when trying to determine what stars are commonplace in nearby galaxies. The answer, depicted here, is a conditionally perceived shade of beige. In computer parlance: #FFF8E7. To determine this, astronomers computationally averaged the light emitted by one of the larger samples of galaxies analyzed: the 200,000 galaxies of the 2dF Galaxy Redshift Survey. The resulting cosmic spectrum has some emission in all parts of the electromagnetic spectrum, but a single perceived composite color. This color has become much less blue over the past 10 billion years, indicating that redder stars are becoming more prevalent. In a contest to better name the color, notable entries included skyvory, univeige, and the winner: cosmic latte.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\u003cp\u003ePhoto by Karl Glazebrook \u0026amp; Ivan Baldry (JHU)\u003c/p\u003e","content_plain":"NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day:\n\nWhat color is the universe? More precisely, if the entire sky were smeared out, what color would the final mix be? This whimsical question came up when trying to determine what stars are commonplace in nearby galaxies. The answer, depicted here, is a conditionally perceived shade of beige. In computer parlance: #FFF8E7. To determine this, astronomers computationally averaged the light emitted by one of the larger samples of galaxies analyzed: the 200,000 galaxies of the 2dF Galaxy Redshift Survey. The resulting cosmic spectrum has some emission in all parts of the electromagnetic spectrum, but a single perceived composite color. This color has become much less blue over the past 10 billion years, indicating that redder stars are becoming more prevalent. In a contest to better name the color, notable entries included skyvory, univeige, and the winner: cosmic latte.\n\n\nPhoto by Karl Glazebrook \u0026amp; Ivan Baldry (JHU)","published_at":"2026-09-28T14:16:01-07:00","updated_at":"2026-09-28T14:16:02-07:00","author":{"type":"Person","name":"Specola-","url":"https://www.kudos365.com/profiles/298285-specola"},"description":"Stay up-to-date with Specola on Kudos365. View their photo published Sep/28/2026 on Photography. Browse your favorite topics and share your expertise, too.","type":"photo","image":"https://k365pi.imgix.net/site/apod/generated/ee2386db-2a2a-4d6f-8470-413db34a2453.jpg?auto=compress,format\u0026fit=max\u0026w=1200\u0026h=1200\u0026q=48","categories":[{"name":"Photography","url":"https://www.kudos365.com/categories/918-photography"},{"name":"Science - Tech - Astronomy","url":"https://www.kudos365.com/categories/986-science-tech-astronomy"}],"schema":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"CreativeWork","url":"https://www.kudos365.com/news/214815-cosmic-latte-the-average-color-of-the-universe-09-28-26","headline":"Cosmic Latte: The Average Color of the Universe • 09/28/26","image":"https://k365pi.imgix.net/site/apod/generated/ee2386db-2a2a-4d6f-8470-413db34a2453.jpg?auto=compress,format\u0026fit=max\u0026w=1200\u0026h=1200\u0026q=48","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Specola-","url":"https://www.kudos365.com/profiles/298285-specola"},"datePublished":"2026-09-28T14:16:01-07:00","subjectOf":[{"@type":"Thing","name":"Photography","url":"https://www.kudos365.com/categories/918-photography"},{"@type":"Thing","name":"Science - Tech - Astronomy","url":"https://www.kudos365.com/categories/986-science-tech-astronomy"}]}}