{"id":3205,"date":"2013-07-05T18:05:15","date_gmt":"2013-07-05T18:05:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=3205"},"modified":"2013-07-05T18:05:15","modified_gmt":"2013-07-05T18:05:15","slug":"the-space-engine-freeware-simulator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=3205","title":{"rendered":"The Space Engine freeware simulator"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/en.spaceengine.org\/\" target=\"_d\">Space Engine<\/a> is<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>a freeware space simulation software that lets you explore the universe in three dimensions, starting from planet Earth to the most distant galaxies. Areas of the known universe are represented using actual astronomical data, while regions uncharted by astronomy are generated procedurally. Millions of galaxies, trillions of stars, countless planets &#8211; all available for exploration.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Here are a couple of videos describing the program:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vj-VcZY_nwE?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VVRkTRjuYwg?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"linkLocal\">Find more space sim<\/span> links in the <a class=\"linkLocal\" href=\"..\/Collecting\/index.html\">HobbySpace Space Simulations section<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Space Engine is a freeware space simulation software that lets you explore the universe in three dimensions, starting from planet Earth to the most distant galaxies. Areas of the known universe are represented using actual astronomical data, while regions uncharted by astronomy are generated procedurally. Millions of galaxies, trillions of stars, countless planets &#8211; &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=3205\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The Space Engine freeware simulator<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,22,40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3205","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-astronomy","category-education","category-simulators"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-PH","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":972,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=972","url_meta":{"origin":3205,"position":0},"title":"Space Engine &#8211; free 3D space simulation software","author":"TopSpacer","date":"March 5, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Via Ralph Ewig's blog comes a pointer to the Space Engine, which is a free space simulation software that lets you explore the universe in three dimensions, starting from planet Earth to the most distant galaxies. 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