Do You Want Some 3D Astronomy Software?
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You ever wonder what would happen if two planets got too close to each other? Or what if one of the planets in our solar system decided to spin out of control towards earth? Well now you can! Bwana did a review of Universe Sandbox for us, and loved it.
Smash planets together, introduce rogue stars, and build new worlds from spinning discs of debris. Explore our solar system in 3D or destroy everything you’ve created with a super massive black hole. Tinker with your creation or sit back and watch the effects of gravity unfold. It’s fun, accessible, and easy to use.
Universe Sandbox is free to try for 60 minutes. After the free trial expires you can continue to open, view, and explore systems, but you can no longer interact with them. Once you buy a license all functionality is restored.
According to Bwana, the possibilities with Universe Sandbox are endless. While it provides great educational information concerning the stars, planets, and solar systems, it also provides endless entertainment with simulations. If you are intimidated by the broad range of options provided, the application provides a “Fun things to do” section, which gives you a quick springboard for powerful simulations in the tool. For example, if you want to see Earth with 200 moons, you can! Or, if you want to create a black hole in the middle of our solar system, you can do that as well in your own sandbox! If you have 3D glasses with you, it supports 3D as well!!
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September 25th, 2008
at 6:10am
[...] Do You Want Some 3D Astronomy Software? [...]
doknownothing
September 25th, 2008
at 8:36am
Well, i dont really like Universe Sandbox. It’s my opinion.
I like Celestia, to fly through the universe and discover planets, stars, moons and all that stuff. Just google it.
doknownothing
Queco Jones
September 25th, 2008
at 8:55am
What would really get me excited would be something like this for the iPhone/iPod touch…
Matt
September 25th, 2008
at 12:58pm
I love using SkyChart on my Palm Centro cell phone. When I see something in the sky at night with the kids and they ask what it is I pull up SkyChart and check to see what it is.
My other favorite site is Heavens Above. You can plug in your location and it will tell you what time bright solar reflections will be bouncing off of satellites.
My favorite story about this is a guy was outside with his kids and he told them he knew one of the astronauts on the Space Shuttle. Of course the kids didn’t believe him so he pretended to call on his cell phone. He knew exactly when an Iridium flare would be happening. So he told his “astronaut friend” to “flash the high beams on the Shuttle”. Then they both looked up in the sky and saw a flash. Coolest Dad in the world that day!
Victor
September 25th, 2008
at 1:23pm
It, looks like a great app to learn and play, but you must have a lot of free time to spend on this!!
newtothemacworld
September 25th, 2008
at 3:05pm
Hey i think its great that you allow different people like bwana here to make videos on chris.pirillo.com
Jeff
September 26th, 2008
at 4:31pm
For those running a XP/Vista box, there is really neat application from Microsoft Research called World Wide Telescope. It allows you to select a area of the nighttime sky and then zoom in to see what that area looks like through the telescope. You can get from:
http://www.worldwidetelescope.org/
Note: It’s a little graphic intensive so your system need to have a fast processor (dual core, or 2Ghz or faster single core) and a good graphics card (128MB or higher). Also, you need to have a fast internet connection.
iowafan4life
September 26th, 2008
at 5:02pm
i had one called starry, but it is on my old computer that will not boot up and i dont have the software anymore but when i had it, it was fun to mess with
iowafan4life
September 26th, 2008
at 5:07pm
if this is a repeat sorry my i didn’t get any identification if i posted or not. but anyways i had some of this type of software called starry. it was fun until my windows 98 machine went down. all i have is a mac and i dont want to buy new software. macs rule.
MmEarth
September 26th, 2008
at 6:59pm
As a Fan Google earth and Live earth I would have to say this would be a cool program. I could think of some pretty fun things to do mostly involving destruction lol
MmEarth
September 26th, 2008
at 7:00pm
As a Fan Google earth and Live earth I would have to say this would be a cool program. I could think of some pretty fun things to do mostly involving destruction lol
Monkey
September 26th, 2008
at 8:45pm
I prefer the open source Celestia software. Its cool because you can zoom around galaxies, as well as load custom models like star trek and star wars ships.
Here’s the link: http://www.shatters.net/celestia/
Try it out!
kevin15man
September 26th, 2008
at 8:45pm
man universe sandbox is fun you can mess with the gravity of the plants like earth and make black holes and watch every thing get sucked up.
pedro
September 27th, 2008
at 7:31am
yeah well it seems pretty cool im kinda interested in the stars
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September 29th, 2008
at 3:52pm
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