Google maps the galaxy
Search giant offers interactive tour; so far no search ads.
Google's latest extenstion for its Chrome Web browsers is virtual tour of the Milky Way Galaxy.
After you've watched the tour, there's limited interactivity. You can zoom in and out of a basic 3D model that maps the actual positions of the nearest 100,000 stars to Earth.
If you use Chrome as your web browser you can check it out here.
Otherwise, here's a video:
NBR staff
Fri, 16 Nov 2012
Fri, 16 Nov 2012
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Google maps the galaxy
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