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Space Jam
March 13, 2008
Posted by Lior Ron, Product Manager
Code Jam
is one of our most famous traditions. Programmers compete to hack and solve complex programming challenges in a very short time, and the winners are awarded fame, cash prizes and the opportunity to intern at Google.
Diego Gavinowich from Buenos Aires was a finalist in our Latin America Code Jam, and joined us for a winter internship three months ago (missing summer break in Argentina!). Since he loves astronomy and web hacking, we gave Diego a new Code Jam challenge: code a web version of
Google Sky
by the end of his time with us.
Well, he did it... with the help of other engineers jamming along on their 20% time. We're very pleased to tell you that Google Sky is now available on the web at
sky.google.com
. You can
search for planets
, listen to
Earth & Sky podcasts
, watch some beautiful
Hubble telescope images
, or
explore historical maps of the sky
from the comfort of your browser.
Sky in Google Earth, which
launched last August
, was originally available to our 350 million Google Earth users. This release brings the universe to every browser and makes Sky accessible to just about anyone with an Internet connection — from school children to professional astronomers — in 26 different languages.
To learn more about Google Sky web edition, watch this short video, and read the full story on the
Google Lat Long blog
.
We'll miss you, Diego!
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