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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...

This tour explores the differences between astronomy and astrology. It answers the questions: What is the definition of each? How are the signs of the zodiac defined? [3 min] Credits Teiyana Nolan The full version of this tour can be downloaded here (by...

This tour follows the path of the Juno spacecraft as is travels to Jupiter. It answers the questions: Why study Jupiter? How did Juno travel to Jupiter? What does Juno look like? What did Juno discover once it reached Jupiter? [4.5 min] Credits Troy...

This tour explores bodies in our solar system that are too small to be classified as planets and too large to be comets. It answers the questions: What is a dwarf planet? Why isn’t Pluto a planet anymore? How was Pluto discovered? What are properties of...

This tour gives a brief overview of moons in our solar system and visits Neptune, Pluto and Jupiter’s moon Europa. It answers the questions: How many moons does each planet have? What is the definition of a moon? Could moons harbor life? [3 min] Credits...

This tour explores the origins and properties of our Moon. It answers the questions: When and how was it formed? What is it made of? What is its surface like? Why is it our moon? [5 min] Credits Vanessa Nedd and Jacquelyn Lussier The full version of this...

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 - 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

This is part of a series of tours developed by Prof. Stella Offner for use in her Astro 101 course at U. Mass Amherst. She uses WWT to introduce new concepts at the beginning of each lecture. This tour shows the sky as viewed in different wavelengths...

This is part of a series of tours developed by Prof. Stella Offner for use in her Astro 101 course at U. Mass Amherst. She uses WWT to introduce new concepts at the beginning of each lecture. This tour introduces our sun. Credits Stella Offner The full...