Simulations
Space simulations in 3D
Seven events from the sky, played out where they happen, at the stars and planets they happen to, from what astronomers expect of each. Press Play to watch one in Exo-View: free, in your browser, no account.
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A fall into a black hole
First person, into Cygnus X-1: the sky bent round you, its light shifted, and how long you have left.
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A supernova
Betelgeuse, a red supergiant at the end of its life, blown apart: from up close, and as the sky would see it.
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A nova
T Coronae Borealis flares about every eighty years, and is due: for a few nights a new star in the Northern Crown.
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A star swallowed
A star strays too close to a black hole, is torn into a stream and wound in, flaring as it lands.
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Total solar eclipse, 2 August 2027
The Moon's shadow crosses Spain, Egypt and Arabia: 6 min 23 s of darkness near Luxor, from space and on the ground.
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Meteor showers
A shower from space and from the ground by night: the real radiant, rate and sky.
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More from the sky
- The total solar eclipse of 2 August 2027
- T Coronae Borealis, the Blaze Star
- When Betelgeuse explodes
- Meteor showers, through the year
- Falling into a black hole
- Where is the International Space Station right now?
- Every working satellite in orbit
- Where are the planets right now?
- A 3D map of the Milky Way