The sky on
your birthday.
The Cloudy Cores of Active Galaxies
This illustration shows what it might be like to approach the center of an active galaxy. Most galaxies are thought to have supermassive black holes at their cores. When these black holes are actively feeding, they pull in gas and dust, creating a bright accretion disk. This disk can emit light across the electromagnetic spectrum, making the galactic center glow.
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Released on your day
Space pictures released on your month and day in other years, or a few days either side. Each one is sharp enough to print as a poster.
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Released on 24 February 2020 Centuries Before Hubble See it as a poster -
Released on 24 February 2025 Lifting the veil See it as a poster -
Released on 24 February 2017 New image of SN 1987A See it as a poster -
Released on 24 February 2021 The city lights of Japan, blanketed by the air glow above Earth's horizon, are pictured from International Space See it as a poster -
Released on 24 February 2024 The Full Moon is pictured above Earth's horizon in this photograph from the International Space Station as it orbited See it as a poster
In tropical astrology, 24 FEB 2014 falls under Pisces (♓). The sign's window runs from 02-19 through 03-20. Pisces holds the location of the spring equinox in the current astronomical era. The Sun was crossing this region of the sky on 24 FEB 2014.