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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

A tour exploring what constellations are and why we can't see all of them at all times during the year.

A brief tour of the X-Ray sky and a look at sources of high energy X-Rays Credits Curtis Wong, MSR

A brief overview of selected features in the new Equinox Beta release. Credits Curtis Wong, Microsoft Research The full version of this tour can be downloaded here (by right-clicking) and viewed in the desktop version of WorldWide Telescope.

Explore the Universe through the eyes of NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) spacecraft. WISE surveyed the entire sky in infrared light. Credits Nancy Alima Ali, Bryan Mendez, Kyle Fricke, UC Berkeley, CSE@SSL

Multiple Generations of Star Formation in the W5 region from Spitzer Space Telescope. Credits Lori Allen, Xavier Koenig, Sanjana Sharma

An introduction to the terminology of volcanism and a walkthrough of some of history's most famous volcanic eruptions. Tour length: 9:20 Credits Virginia Marcus, Harvard College Peter Turcan, Microsoft Research

This Tour is designed to help users understand the cause of Moon phases and be able to predict where the Moon is relative to the Sun and Earth during a particular phase, and vice versa. The Tour encourages users to check their understanding at the end by...

This tour gives a quick overview of some of WWT's main features, allowing the user choose what parts of the universe to explore. User may choose from the following: Our Solar System Orion in 3-D Our Milky Way A Galaxy Cluster in 3-D Earth The Surface of...