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05-30-2018, 12:16 AM
Stand on the surface of an alien planet with NASA
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In all likelihood, no one from Earth today will set foot on a world orbiting another star, but thanks to NASA, we may have the next-best thing.
NASA's Exoplanet Exploration tool (https://exoplanets.nasa.gov/alien-worlds/exoplanet-travel-bureau/) lets anyone with an internet connection experience what it might be like to stand on the surface of a planet light-years from Earth and look up into the sky.*
SEE ALSO: Here's how NASA's TESS will hunt for alien planets (https://mashable.com/2018/04/15/how-tess-will-hunt-for-alien-planets/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
The website is designed to transport you to some popular exoplanet destinations — like Kepler-186f, the newest planet to be given this treatment — to look around the planet in 360 degrees.*
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A screenshot of the 360-degree view.
Image: NASA-JPL/Caltech Read more... (https://mashable.com/2018/05/29/nasa-vr-alien-planet-surfaces/)
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In all likelihood, no one from Earth today will set foot on a world orbiting another star, but thanks to NASA, we may have the next-best thing.
NASA's Exoplanet Exploration tool (https://exoplanets.nasa.gov/alien-worlds/exoplanet-travel-bureau/) lets anyone with an internet connection experience what it might be like to stand on the surface of a planet light-years from Earth and look up into the sky.*
SEE ALSO: Here's how NASA's TESS will hunt for alien planets (https://mashable.com/2018/04/15/how-tess-will-hunt-for-alien-planets/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
The website is designed to transport you to some popular exoplanet destinations — like Kepler-186f, the newest planet to be given this treatment — to look around the planet in 360 degrees.*
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A screenshot of the 360-degree view.
Image: NASA-JPL/Caltech Read more... (https://mashable.com/2018/05/29/nasa-vr-alien-planet-surfaces/)
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