World Wide Telescope Brings Space Exploration to Earth; Free Service Lets Students and Lifelong Learners Tour the Night Sky.

Byline: Johns Hopkins University

BALTIMORE, May 14 (AScribe Newswire) -- Thanks in part to a Johns Hopkins University astrophysicist, the final frontier got a bit closer today with the launch of a new application that allows people to easily explore the night sky from their own computers.

WorldWide Telescope is a Web application produced by Microsoft Corp. that brings together imagery from the best ground- and space-based telescopes across the world, allowing seamless panning and zooming across the heavens. Itas free at http://www.worldwidetelescope.com .

"WorldWide Telescope allows everyone to browse through the solar system, our galaxy and beyond with just a few ...

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