Video: How scientists colorize pictures of space captured with the Hubble Telescope

You may or may not be surprised to hear that despite the spectacular colors, hues and shades we see in pictures of deep space, all the pictures taken by the Hubble telescope are captured in black and white. It may be even more surprising that to produce the colors we see in the pictures shot with this state-of-the-art telescope Hubble scientists use a process pioneered by British photographer Thomas Sutton in the 1860s. Vox has posted a fascinating video that explains how scientists are able to ...