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Preview the upcoming Eclipse of the Sun in WWT
06 July 09 03:20 PM | eScience | 0 Comments   

On July 22nd there will be a total eclipse of the Sun that will last for over 6 mins that is visible from within a narrow corridor that traverses half of Earth.  One of the best regions to see it will be China and the organizers have published a Read More...

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WorldWide Telescope – Busy couple of weeks – NASA and SilverLight
25 March 09 01:53 PM | eScience | 1 Comments   

Yesterday the joint press release went out on the collaboration and Space Act Agreement we’re been working on with NASA for sometime.  We’re really excited about working with NASA to process many datasets like the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) Read More...

Filed under: eScience, Cool Software, Viz, Silverlight, Science, Education, WWT

Using Flickr for Astronomy – and viewing in WWT
20 February 09 02:55 PM | eScience | 0 Comments   

The use of online services such as Flickr to help scientists is in its infancy and applications utilizing commodity based solutions will continue to pick up momentum.  I especially like the integration and the ease of use – science should be about Read More...

Filed under: Cool Software, Research, Science, WWT, Data Analysis

The Earth, Stars, and Planets in 3D
27 January 09 11:20 AM | eScience | 1 Comments   

One of the coolest new features of the WWT Solstice Borealis Beta (released at the beginning of Jan) is the ability to see the Earth, Stars, and Planets in a stereoscopic 3D effect .  I’ve been using the Anaglyph mode (View |  {arrow} | Stereo Read More...

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WALL•E's Universe in WorldWide Telescope
18 November 08 08:24 PM | eScience | 1 Comments   

Now this is fun science - Microsoft Research and Disney•Pixar team up to offer guided tours of the universe with WorldWide Telescope – how better to get our children interested in science and the universe – for most of us it was the Apollo Missions that Read More...

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TED Talks - Roy Gould: WorldWide Telescope
28 March 08 10:00 AM | eScience | 0 Comments   

I realized I hadn't posted the link to the TED Talk on the WorldWide Telescope   Science educator Roy Gould and Microsoft's Curtis Wong gi ve an astonishing sneak preview of Microsoft's new WorldWide Telescope -- a technology that combines feeds Read More...

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