ASTROLOGY fans have been treated to a series of spectacular space images thanks to the work of NASA.
The Space Agency posts pics from across the planet every day – including it’s birthday Hubble telescope feature. Here’s all you need to know.
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What is NASA’s picture of the day?
The Astronomy Picture of the Day is a website provided by NASA and Michigan Technological University.
The initiative has been running since 1995 with all the images stored in the APOD Archive.
According to the website, “Each day a different image or photograph of our universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer.”
Previous spectacular images shared by the organisation have shown space flares on the surface of the Sun as well as pink rays in the sky.
The crystal clear images have been praised for their quality and even earnt awards.
By 2012, NASA estimated the site had received over a billion image views and had been translated into 21 different languages.
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How to check what space looked like on your birthday from NASA’s Hubble
In 2021, NASA launched a new tool that enabled to users to find out what exactly did the Hubble Space Telescope capture on your birthday.
The American space agency launched the Hubble Space Telescope on April 24, 1990, and it was released into space the following day.
Since then, it has captured stunning images of the universe, which have furthered astrologists understanding of the cosmos.
According to the space agency, the Hubble can see objects in space like seeing a “pair of fireflies in Tokyo that are less than 10 feet apart from Washington.”
To check what space looked like on your birthday all you need to do is enter the month and date in the search box provided on their website.
The Hubble Space Telescope will then show you what image they captured on that specific day.
User can also check out the images captured by the Hubble Space Telescope on its own social media handles across Twitter and Instagram.
