Microsoft has finally revealed what has been talked about recently as a mysterious project. It’s the World Wide Telescope, and it’s going to revolutionize the traditional approach to astronomy. The idea is to provide everyone with a way to look at detailed images from space, using a database of images collected from various resources around the world (observatories and telescopes on Earth and in Earth’s orbit).

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Oh my God, it’s full of stars!

Microsoft presented the new project and some of the functionality and interface which is still now available for download by the general public. When the time comes sometime during Spring 2008, everyone will be able to download the free application from worldwidetelescope.org and enjoy a never before seen gateway to the stars.

[Via: LiveSide]

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