The Time Machine (COSMOS-Web)

To look at this image is to look back in time. This is the deepest view of the cosmos in our collection, capturing a massive galaxy group as it appeared 6.5 billion years ago. The central cluster of gold-colored galaxies is bunched closely together, bound by gravity in the deep past.

The ethereal purple haze overlaid on the image represents X-ray data, revealing invisible hot gas that permeates the cluster—the 'connective tissue' of the universe. Every speck in the background is a galaxy containing billions of stars, some dating back to the 'Epoch of Reionization' when the universe was only a fraction of its current age. This is not just art; it is a visual history of cosmic evolution, perfect for the office of a historian or futurist.

Scientific provenance

Editions

• Fine Art — museum-grade pigment print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag® Metallic. Numbered edition of 50 per size, with a Numbered Certificate of Authenticity.
• Poster — pigment print on archival photo paper. Open edition.
• Framed or unframed — either edition can be framed in a slim black frame with shatter-resistant acrylic glazing, ready to hang (50 × 50 and 50 × 70 cm). Framed works ship free within the EU; unframed prints ship rolled in a protective tube.

Printed to order in our Vilnius studio on an Epson SureColor P20500 with UltraChrome PRO12 pigment inks, and dispatched within 5–7 business days. Each size is composed for its own proportions: we crop, we never stretch, and we never add or generate image content.

Image credit: ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA, G. Gozaliasl, A. Koekemoer, M. Franco, and the COSMOS-Web team. Licensed under CC BY 4.0; cropped and colour-managed for print. UniverseMuseum is an independent studio and is not affiliated with or endorsed by NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI or the Rubin Observatory.