Space doesn't look like that, pathogens don't look like that, atoms don't look like that. There is a reason it's called false color photographs. The real thing is quite bland and the human eye has only evolved so far.
Outside of the scientific community, the photographs have very limited value. The meaty information is in radio telescopes, but the oscillation of the magnitude of stars doesn't sell newspapers and people like to know (or think they know) what they are paying for.
Outside of the scientific community, the photographs have very limited value. The meaty information is in radio telescopes, but the oscillation of the magnitude of stars doesn't sell newspapers and people like to know (or think they know) what they are paying for.