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'Journey to the Exoplanets is a groundbreaking hands-on introduction to the distant planets that continue to be discovered outside our Solar System. This app lets you: - VIEW OVER ONE HUNDRED STUNNING IMAGES: From Hugo-award-winning illustrator Ron Miller - VISIT THE SURFACES OF EXOPLANETS: Use your iPad’s accelerometer or gyroscope control to get a panoramic look around an exoplanet’s surface, as if you are really there. - PLANET BUILDER: Create your own exoplanet with the 3D Planet Builder feature. - FILTERING STARLIGHT: See how different types of stars change the appearance of plants on exoplanets with the Filtering Starlight feature. - STARS IN 3D: Interact with the 3D Star feature, which shows twenty stars within fourteen light years from the Sun. - PINCH AND ZOOM: Zoom in on the planets in the Exoplanets Gallery. - AUDIO TOUR GUIDE: Listen to commentary from astrobiologist Caleb A. Scharf as you interact with the images in the Exoplanets Gallery. - GUIDED TOUR: Learn all about exoplanets with Scientific American Contributing Art Director Edward Bell. - TIMELINE: Take a journey through the multi-touch timeline of key discoveries in the history of astronomy. - SIZE CHART: Compare and contrast the size of different exoplanets in the Planet Size Chart. - LITTLE SCIENTIST: Try out basic astronomy experiments. - EXPERT VIEWS: Read essays and a Q&A from planetary experts including Lawrence Krauss, Jim Kasting, Sara Seager, and Scientific American’s John Matson'

This app costs $4.99

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