{"id":972,"date":"2013-03-05T02:44:03","date_gmt":"2013-03-05T02:44:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=972"},"modified":"2013-03-05T02:44:03","modified_gmt":"2013-03-05T02:44:03","slug":"space-engine-free-3d-space-simulation-software","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=972","title":{"rendered":"Space Engine &#8211; free 3D space simulation software"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Via <a href=\"http:\/\/ralphewig.tumblr.com\/post\/44550452787\/space-engine-this-video-was-created-with-a#notes\" target=\"_d\">Ralph Ewig&#8217;s blog<\/a> comes a pointer to the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.spaceengine.org\/\" target=\"_d\">Space Engine<\/a>, which is a<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>free 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 human astronomy are generated procedurally. Millions of galaxies, trillions of stars, countless planets!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Here is a video created by the Space Engine:<\/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\/BigqgGn7y08?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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Via Ralph Ewig&#8217;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. Areas of the known universe are represented using actual astronomical data, while regions uncharted by human astronomy are generated &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=972\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Space Engine &#8211; free 3D space simulation software<\/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":[36,40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-972","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-multiple-media","category-simulators"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-fG","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3205,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=3205","url_meta":{"origin":972,"position":0},"title":"The Space Engine freeware simulator","author":"TopSpacer","date":"July 5, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"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. 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