Google Earth Adds Sky Feature

August 23, 2007

Following the success of Google Earth, which allows you to get a bird's eye view of most corners of the world and even watch the sun come up, Google has launched a new Sky feature, that will allow you to play astronaut from the ground.

The feature allows you to zoom in to distant galaxies and nebulae, view constellations and the movements of the planets and learn about the lifecycle of a star and different kinds of galaxies. You can also create and share your own imagery, placemarks and more. With a hundred million stars and two hundred million galaxies your searching seems infinite.

14 Comments

velvetavalon 5 years 39 weeks

i'm with you gooniette!! BSG can't get here fast enough!

Liz7757 5 years 39 weeks

How amazingly cool. I love looking at pictures of space, especially nebulae and galaxies.This reminds me of that episode of Futurama where monks are using a giant telescope to search space for God, and Fry hijacks it to search for Bender because he was lost in space.

Liz7757 5 years 39 weeks

How amazingly cool. I love looking at pictures of space, especially nebulae and galaxies. This reminds me of that episode of Futurama where monks are using a giant telescope to search space for God, and Fry hijacks it to search for Bender because he was lost in space.