Microsoft Research WorldWide Telescope Download

 

If you are “into” Astronomical facts like the ones below or just want to see what it looks like in space as if you were aboard Captain Kirk’s Starship Enterprise the WorldWide Telescope download link below is for you.

 

  • Astronomers have discovered dozens of planets orbiting stars other than the Sun. We know of many more planets outside our solar system than inside.
  • Explosions on the Sun send particles into space, creating luminous displays called auroras that can be seen from Earth.
  • Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune all have rings.
  • Our Milky Way, contains about 400 billion stars.
  • Pulsars are dead stars that have collapsed. Some spin around in as little as 1/500 second and contains as much mass as the Sun.
  • The Moon is about 4.6 billion years old the same age as Earth.
  • The Sun is a small star called a dwarf star.
  • The Sun is currently halfway through its 10-billion-year lifetime.
  • There are hundreds of billions of other galaxies in the universe, some of which are much larger and contain many more stars than the Milky Way.
  • Venus is hot enough to melt lead.

 

http://worldwidetelescope.org/experienceIt/ExperienceIt.aspx?exp=true

 

 

Published Sunday, November 02, 2008 3:18 PM by dhite
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