Errymath: Google Maps

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<b>Explore Europa and mouse your way across the moon</b>
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Google already lets you explore every part of Earth - and now it has expanded elsewhere in the universe.</div>
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The search giant has been working with NASA to include data from the Cassini mission, along with data from other missions.</div>
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The new addition allows users to explore twelve new worlds, including Saturn, its moons, Pluto and Venus.</div>
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The search giant has been 
working with NASA to include data from the Cassini mission, along with 
data from other missions. Pictured, the Martian surface - users can zoom
 in the places and even see the history of the planet.</div>
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'Twenty
 years ago, the spacecraft Cassini launched from Cape Canaveral on a 
journey to uncover the secrets of Saturn and its many moons,' said 
Stafford Marquardt of Google, who is leading the project.</div>
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'During
 its mission, Cassini recorded and sent nearly half a million pictures 
back to Earth, allowing scientists to reconstruct these distant worlds 
in unprecedented detail. </div>
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'Now you can visit these places—along with many other planets and moons—in Google Maps right from your computer.'</div>
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The Google team worked with astronomical 
artist Björn Jónsson, who assembled the planetary maps of Europa, 
Ganymede, Rhea, and Mimas by working with imagery from NASA and the 
European Space Agency. </div>
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You can't 
search for locations in space, but you can zoom into the planets and 
moons and learn more about different locations on their surface. </div>
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Zoom
 in on Mars, for example, and you can click on different regions to 
learn more about their features and how they got their names.</div>
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You 
can't search for locations in space, but you can zoom into the planets 
and moons and learn more about different locations on their surface 
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The 
3D images of planets and moons rotate so you can see where on their 
surface the sun is hitting and what lies on the dark side. </div>
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Earlier this year Google launches a feature letting users see inside the International Space Station.</div>
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Astronaut
 Chris Hadfield has previously said 'there's a bit of an Alice in 
Wonderland feel to [The ISS]', because it can be difficult to orientate 
yourself on the space station.</div>
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Now, fans of the International Space Station can take a dizzying virtual tour of all 15 of its modules using <a class="" href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/google/index.html" style="font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Google </a>Street View to experience it for themselves. </div>
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You don't have to be an astronaut to be out of this world! 👩‍🚀🙅 All you need is <a href="https://twitter.com/googlemaps?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@googlemaps</a>. Start exploring now 🚀: <a href="https://t.co/5Bo4X8Zizv">https://t.co/5Bo4X8Zizv</a> <a href="https://t.co/HS0f8RMPDf">pic.twitter.com/HS0f8RMPDf</a></div>
— Google Students (@googlestudents) <a href="https://twitter.com/googlestudents/status/921055207206694912?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 19, 2017</a></blockquote>
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Google Maps now lets you explore your local planets and moons, too <a href="https://t.co/Pqkqwbrq3W">https://t.co/Pqkqwbrq3W</a> <a href="https://t.co/tFZrJ1LlKz">pic.twitter.com/tFZrJ1LlKz</a></div>
— TechCrunch (@TechCrunch) <a href="https://twitter.com/TechCrunch/status/920125802733342720?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 17, 2017</a></blockquote>
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The new addition allows users to
 explore twelve new worlds, including Saturn, its moons, Pluto and 
Venus. The 3D images of planets and moons rotate so you can see where on
 their surface the sun is hitting and what lies on the dark side.
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To
 mark the 48th anniversary of the first successful moon landing, the 
firm has released an astonishing collection of 360-degree images from 
inside Nasa's orbiting outpost.</div>
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And
 as you walk through the modules of the ISS, you’ll see find annotations
 highlighting things like where the astronauts work out to stay 
physically fit, what kind of food they eat, and where they do scientific
 experiments. </div>
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Planets and moons are now part of Google Maps — here are 6 incredible worlds you must explore<a href="https://t.co/HiWOreH6XG">https://t.co/HiWOreH6XG</a></div>
— Impeach tRUMPO (@chavezglen1755) <a href="https://twitter.com/chavezglen1755/status/921102924025155586?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 19, 2017</a></blockquote>
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How to use Google Maps to plan an awesome vacation <a href="https://t.co/lpGdUjnR0b">https://t.co/lpGdUjnR0b</a></div>
— WIRED (@WIRED) <a href="https://twitter.com/WIRED/status/920591635716681728?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 18, 2017</a></blockquote>
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