Microsoft’s Answer to Google Sky to Launch At End of May

Microsoft will launch Worldwide Telescope, a tool for exploring images of the night sky, by the end of May, free to anyone who wants to use it, Microsoft’s chairman said Friday.

Worldwide Telescope is software that allows people to gaze at the universe through the data collected by telescopes all around the world — and above it: there’s even data from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope.

Source: CIO

UPDATE: Greg Sterling Reports on How the Service is Already Available if the Proper Software is Downloaded.

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