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Cepheid Variable Stars and the Cosmic Distance Ladder

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This is a tour developed by Professor Alyssa Goodman at Harvard University. This tour introduces cepheid variable stars and how the relationship between their pulsation periods and their luminosities has helped to estimate cosmic distances. Credits Alyssa...

Exoplanet Explorer

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This visualization demonstrates how planets orbit around stars and how projects like the Kepler mission detect planets around other stars using the transit method. Two high school students developed this interactive page using javascript and WWT API. This...

New Horizons Tour - Mission to Pluto

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New Horizons - A Pluto tour by Albert L. a 11th grade student from Cambridge, MA New Horizons Mission in WorldWide Telescope Credits A tour by Albert L. a 11th grade student from Cambridge Rindge and Latin School, Cambridge, MA

WWT Workshops

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The WorldWide Telescope team is carrying out several workshops in the fall to both get the word out about how to develop for and use WorldWide Telescope (WWT) and to get feedback about needed features and usability. Workshop specifics vary depending on...