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Google Maps lets you explore the cosmos like Star Trek — complete with a warp drive ‘whoosh’
Google Maps can really take you anywhere — including outer space. To make sure the experience feels…
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Planets and moons are now part of Google Maps - here are 6 incredible worlds you must explore
There's no search box within "Planets," so it's difficult to, say, find the Apollo mission landing …
Dave Mosher
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The First Full Hypercolor Map Of Mercury Is Stunning [GIF]
By stitching thousands of these images together, scientists created the first complete map of Mercu…
Jennifer Welsh
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A new interactive map lets you track where your city or town was located on Earth 750 million years ago
A computer scientist's map lets you go back in time to see how chunks of land have moved and change…
Susie Neilson
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Here's Where The 6 Billion Photos On Flickr Come From
Unsurprisingly, densely populated, more developed parts of the globe are better represented on Flic…
Rebecca Rosen, The Atlantic
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Google Earth will now let you explore space from your smartphone — but it still pales in comparison to the web browser
The Google Earth mobile app has been updated to show what Earth would look like from outer space.
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This incredible map shows the movement of every ship on the planet
An interactive map, created by data visualisation firm Kiln, and University College London's Energy…
Will Martin
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NASA is finally returning to Venus with 2 new spacecraft - one to map the 'inferno-like world' and one to plunge to its surface
By orbiting Venus and plunging to its surface, NASA's new missions could reveal how the planet beca…
Aylin Woodward,Morgan McFall-…
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840 new planets have been discovered beyond Neptune and its the single largest finding till date
We all know that the universe is vast, but we don’t know exactly how vast it is. But humans don’t b…
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3 spacecraft are set to reach Mars this month, from NASA, China, and the UAE. Here's what they aim to learn.
NASA is bringing a helicopter, and China aims to deploy an orbiter, lander, and rover from just one…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Jupiter's aurora triggered a planet-wide heat wave, a map animation reveals, solving a mystery that's puzzled scientists
A heat wave on Jupiter helped astronomers solve the planet's "energy crisis" mystery. Watch the vid…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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The solar eclipse will make cities as dark as other planets and moons - see which world you'll be 'standing' on
The map below shows precisely which world you can pretend you're standing on. It was created by Mic…
Dave Mosher
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A little-known feature in Google Maps lets you explore our local solar system - here's how to visit Mercury, Venus, and other planets and moons in Google Maps
Using Google Maps is a great way to learn more about the various cities and countries around the wo…
Dave Smith
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An incredible new 60-second animation shows where 4,000 planets beyond our solar system are located in deep space
The first pictures of Earth-like worlds may come from enormous ground-based observatories, includin…
Dave Mosher
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NASA is giving its $1 billion Jupiter mission a critical new lease on life
NASA planned to destroy the tennis-court-size robot by plunging it into Jupiter's clouds sometime a…
Dave Mosher
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The most detailed map of the moon's geology ever released may help astronauts explore the lunar surface
Researchers at the US Geological Survey combined six flat maps and data from two spacecraft to crea…
Holly Secon
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The United Arab Emirates' Mars probe just entered orbit around the red planet, the first in a Mars-mission bonanza
The UAE's first interplanetary mission could help solve the mystery of what happened to the Martian…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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The United Arab Emirates is launching the Arab world's first mission to Mars — here's how to watch
The Hope Probe is one of three spacecraft set to lift off for Mars this month. The UAE mission aims…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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The sharpest photos of Jupiter ever taken reveal a rare feature that hasn't been seen for over 36 years
In 2009, astronauts installed Hubble's Wide Field Camera 3, which is capable of higher resolution i…
Jessica Orwig,Tanya Lewis
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People blame Mercury retrograde for everything from delayed planes to relationship troubles - but scientists say it's totally bogus
In reality, Mercury in retrograde isn't such an unusual occurrence: The planet goes into retrograde…