There's a story in today's paper about a new feature on Google Earth that's called Google Sky - just as the name suggests, it lets you look at the sky, see images that show planets and constellations and provide information about the solar system. You can watch supernovas grow brighter and then fade, and zoom into a gas cloud to see a star being born.
What's especially cool is that the Pittsburgh branch of Google is responsible for developing Google Sky - they're located in that new building that's on the edge of Panther Hollow and the edge of the CMU campus.
If you'd like to check out Google Sky feature, you have to first download Google Earth if you haven't done so yet. Once Google Earth is installed you just click on "Switch to Sky" from the "view" drop-down menu or click the Sky button on the toolbar.
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