NASA Updates 'Eyes on the Solar System' Visualization Tool

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NASA has released a massive update to its "Eyes on the Solar System(Opens in a new window)" visualization tool.

"More than two years in the making, the update delivers better controls, improved navigation, and a host of new opportunities to learn about our incredible corner of the cosmos – no spacesuit required," the agency says(Opens in a new window). "All you need is a device with an internet connection."

NASA says the browser-based visualization tool allows users to "rotate objects, compare them side by side, and even modulate the perspective as well as the lighting" in addition to exploring interactive simulations of missions undertaken by Voyager(Opens in a new window), Perseverance(Opens in a new window), and other spacecraft.

Eyes on the Solar System can be used to "follow the paths of spacecraft and celestial bodies as far back as 1949 and as far into the future as 2049," the agency says, with a variety of options related to how the subject is being observed and on what timescale the simulation operates.

“The beauty of the new browser-based ‘Eyes on the Solar System’ is that it really invites exploration," Jet Propulsion Laboratory(Opens in a new window) software producer Jason Craig said in a statement. "You just need an internet connection, a device that has a web browser, and some curiosity."

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