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Explore Millions of Galaxies With Google Sky

by Tom Conlon on August 22, 2007 at 03:13 PM



Once upon a time, Google had an insatiable appetite to log, index, categorize and make searchable every single imaginable thing on Earth –- nay, under the sun. But, that's no longer the case with today's announcement of Google Sky, which expands the company's God complex to now include everything ever created, period.

Google Sky is a new mode within the Google Earth application. Google Earth gives users an astronaut's view of our planet that's zoomable all the way down to street level (and now even includes real time traffic reports). Google Sky reverses perspective and allows users to view and zoom in on everything up in space that's viewable from Earth with a telescope. That includes 100 million stars and 200 million galaxies, many of which are augmented with overlays containing high-resolution photos taken by the Hubble telescope. In addition, users can overlay constellation diagrams over the photos and watch animations of planets as they orbit.

But, don't take our word for it. Watch the video demo above, then download Google Earth if you haven't already. You might also consider calling in sick for the rest of the month.

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Tags: constellation, earth, galaxy, google, space, stars, universe

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