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The WorldWide Telescope launches



Earlier this week, a new web application known as the WorldWide Telescope launched, giving users unprecedented access to imagery from space.


WorldWide Telescope
Launched earlier this month, the WorldWide Telescope is a rich visualization environment that functions as a virtual telescope, bringing together imagery from the best ground- and space-based telescopes to enable seamless exploration of the universe. Users can choose from a growing number of guided tours of the sky by astronomers and educators from some of the most famous observatories and planetariums in the country. WorldWide Telescope (credit: The WorldWide Telescope)