The latest version (4.2) of Google Earth now lets you look up into the skies and explore the universe by zooming into distant galaxies / stars located millions of light years away, explore the constellations, see the planets in motion, and witness a supernova explosion.
According to The New York Times, more than one million photographs from Sloan Digital Sky Survey, the Palomar Observatory at the California Institute of Technology and the NASA-financed Hubble were stitched together to help stargazers explore the universe from the comfort of their chairs.
Once you’ve downloaded Google Earth 4.2, click on the sky button or go to “view” menu and click on “Switch to Sky”. From here, you can explore the sky just like how you explorer earth using mouse and keyboard to navigate. Check out this video tour by Google:
It’s pretty unbelievable that such an innovative service from Google isn’t making any money for the company. Google has absolutely no plans to make profits out of Google Earth.
It looks like people really love exploring the sky. It has just been a day since this feature was launched and people have already found blacked-out area and a hidden feature as well
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