Sky Lights: Remote-Control Astronomy

View the cosmos on your computer.

By Bob Berman
May 29, 2006 5:00 AMNov 12, 2019 6:36 AM

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These days anyone can download Italian art films, play doo-wop music with a partner in China, or take online lessons in Swahili, but that kind of global reach pales next to the latest innovation in connectivity: using the Internet to explore the far reaches of the cosmos.

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