An interactive 3D Sun. See today’s real NASA image with NOAA’s sunspot regions pinned on it, then cut it open to explore the core, convection zone, photosphere, chromosphere and corona.
An interactive 3D model of three real comets: Halley, 67P and Tempel 1. Show the coma and tails, add mission sites, watch them spin and compare each nucleus with the Empire State Building.
An interactive 3D model of three real asteroids: Bennu, Apophis and Vesta. Add mission sites, watch them spin and compare each with the Empire State Building or Arizona.
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