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Astronomy Visual Lab

Photo of Susanto GangulyCreated by Susanto Ganguly

Fly through the Solar System in 3D, see why the Moon has phases and why we have seasons, follow stars from birth to black holes — then from Eratosthenes and Aryabhata to the James Webb Space Telescope.

  1. Step 1Solar System 3DThe Sun, 8 planets, Pluto, the asteroid and Kuiper belts. Fly to any world for its full fact file, missions and comparisons.
  2. Step 2Moon phases 3DMove the Moon round its orbit and see each phase from Earth. Eclipses, tides and Moon facts.
  3. Step 3Seasons 3DEarth's tilted orbit through the year, with real daylight hours and Sun heights for cities around the world.
  4. Step 4Life of stars 3DNebula to white dwarf, or to supernova, neutron star and black hole — and where the elements in your body came from.
  5. Step 5Research timelineFrom Eratosthenes and Aryabhata to gravitational waves and Chandrayaan-3, with the original sources.
  6. Step 6Frontiers 2026Dark matter and dark energy, life beyond Earth, the Hubble tension, the first galaxies and planetary defence.