WorldWide Telescope

WorldWide Telescope (WWT) is a virtual telescope to astronomers, a virtual observatory of the Earth to geo-researchers, and an interactive teaching and learning tool to science educators. Since its initial release in late 2006, WWT has become an integral part of many scientists’ research platform and an indispensable curriculum companion for many science teachers worldwide.

The WWT project is a collaborative effort between Microsoft Research and a variety of academic and governmental agencies. Microsoft Research is making WWT available as a free resource to the astronomy and education community with the hope that it will inspire and empower people to explore and understand the universe as never before.

You can install the WWT Windows client on your computer or run the WWT web client. Learn more…

Highlights

• WWT and Microsoft Translator Integration – Powered by Windows Azure Marketplace
  Localization of the WWT user interface (UI) has never been easier. With the integration of WWT and Microsoft Translator (MT), machine translation of the WWT UI is immediately available for the 38 languages that MT currently supports. More importantly, a user can modify and validate the translation and contribute to the language database in Windows Azure Marketplace. Learn more…
• WWT UI Localization
  The WWT UI can be configured to display in almost any spoken language. The localization of the WWT UI is truly the result of a community effort.
• Layerscape – Powered by WWT and Windows Azure Marketplace
  Layerscape provides a cloud-based user experience to make it easy for users to create and share three-dimensional geo-based data visualization with time series.
• WWT Ambassadors Program
  WorldWide Telescope Ambassadors (WWTA) use WWT to educate the public about astronomy and science. WWTA is run by a team of astronomers and educators at Harvard University.

• Visit the WorldWide Telescope website

Downloads

• WorldWide Telescope Add-in for Excel