New version of Sky for Google Earth.
  • It has improved its tool to contemplate the sky through his service Google Earth maps.
  • It now includes historical maps and virtual tours.
  • It also has podcast about future events.


Google introduced a new version of its Sky spectacular tool for Google Earth that allows scientists, students and fans to explore the millions of stars and galaxies around them. This new version offers a range of new services, from updates on developments until cosmological historical maps and virtual tours of the firmament:
  • Cosmological Current Events: It contains updated information on events taking place in the sky like comets and asteroids.
  • Images astronomical highlights: Images taken by observation satellites at different wavelengths in the sky as images of X-rays, infrared, ultraviolet, as well as a map of the microwave sky.
  • Historical Maps: Contains, among others, the collection of historical maps of the sky by David Rumsey drawings based on the Italian Giovanni Maria Cassini in 1792. You can see the evolution of interpretations and concepts on the sky over time. It also includes a layer of constellations Hevelio based on engravings of 50 constellations made by the German astronomer Johannes Hevelius in 1690.
Also, the new version of Sky, includes other features such as podcasts on stars, galaxies, planets and future developments in the sky. Stroll in the sky that allows users to visit the 100 most popular places in the layer that community Sky contains heavenly sent by users around the world. To start exploring in Google Earth and Sky cross the sky, simply download the latest version of Google Earth, and press the "Change to Heaven" on the toolbar at the top of the screen.