Google and NASA bring the Solar System to your living room with more info than ever
Google and NASA are no strangers to collaboration. More than just posting the occasionalspace doodle, Google and NASA have paired up for everything from high-quality maps of theMoonandMarsto producingquantum computers. Over the past couple years, Google has made availableover 100 3D models of various objects— among them planets, moons, and spacecraft. Now, Google and NASA are celebrating their latest collab, bringing extra context to some of those 3D models and kicking off a new online exhibit.
Over onGoogle Arts & Culturethe pair have put together a project dedicated to the Solar System and space exploration in general. From the Sun to Pluto, the pages explore what we know about the Solar System and how we’ve come to know it. Aside from being a good way to waste some time and learn something new, the page is also meant to inspire students to engage in space science in particular, and STEM in general.
As for those 3D models, Google and NASA are working to turn them from fun to edu-functional (sorry) withexplanatory annotations marking them up. You can click around on planets, rockets, and more, to learn about what makes up this stuff (and even where some of it ended up). Expect to see more of these annotations in the weeks to come, as Google shares word they’ll be coming to other educational models soon, starting with biology topics.
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