Alyssa Pagan does a lot more than admire stars from afar—she brings distant worlds to life as a science visuals developer with STScI. Pagan transforms dark, monochromatic images into the dazzling displays of light and color seen on computers, phones and TV screens. 🔭 🧪
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UMD Science
Alyssa Pagan (B.S. '16, astronomy) brings distant worlds to life as a @spacetelescope.bsky.social science visuals developer.
She takes black and white data from the Hubble and James Webb space telescopes and uses filters to translate those images into color for the visible spectrum. 🧪
She takes black and white data from the Hubble and James Webb space telescopes and uses filters to translate those images into color for the visible spectrum. 🧪
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https://www.nasa.gov/universe/nasas-webb-takes-star-filled-portrait-of-pillars-of-creation/
Thanks STScI 🙂