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The Microsoft Research team behind the WorldWide Telescope project (WWT) have just announced the addition of new imagery from Mars, courtesy of NASA. Now, WWT users can explore what is, to date, the most complete and high-resolution imagery available and view new, interactive tours of the planet…

A new CNN video shows off a demo of an interesting Microsoft Research project: “Pinch-the-Sky.” The Pinch-the-Sky Dome is a large installation that combines an omni-directional camera in the center of a dome, along with a projector and astronomical data from World Wide Telescope. The end result is…

Chris Pendleton and I sat down and he showed off the amazing new World Wide Telescope and Bing Maps integration. The WorldWide Telescope application allows you to view most of the features available in the Silverlight client right in Bing Maps. Yes, the WWT provides real time information about…

Microsoft’s Worldwide Telescope project has just been integrated with Bing Maps via a new Bing Maps application. The WWT project connects users to all the major telescopes in the world and the images they’ve captured via a client application that either runs on the desktop or in the web browser…

Although the year isn’t over yet, TIME Magazine has already put out their list of the best websites of 2009. Among the obvious choices on the list (Twitter, YouTube, Hulu, Wikipedia), there are also some rarer gems like musical mood site Musicovery, streaming music up-and-comer Spotify, and online…

I had to stop by and try on the 3D glasses at the WWT booth during this years Faculty Research Summit. If you think the WWT is cool- just wait till you see it in 3D.WorldWide Telescope (WWT) enables your computer to function as a virtual telescope, bringing together imagery from the best ground and…

Starting today, you don’t have to download any software to your PC to enjoy what Microsoft Research’s WorldWide Telescope has to offer – it’s now available online as a web application! This is good news for folks running non-Windows operating systems who were previously unable to use this amazing…

WorldWide Telescope (WWT), the downloadable software from Microsoft Research which lets you explore the universe, has certainly lived up to its pre-launch hype. As of today, the WWT has 1.5 million active users – that’s not downloads, mind you, but people actively using the software on a regular…

The amazing WorldWide Telescope got a lot of hype pre-launch but you haven’t heard much about in recent days. Although now the WWT is being used by a number of astronomers, scientists, students, and space enthusiasts across the globe, the Microsoft Virtual Earth team decided to give it a little…