Microsoft presented its WorldWide Telescope (WWT) program today at the TED conference.

WorldWide Telescope, which is similar to the sky feature in Google Earth but much more expansive, is a virtual map of space that features tens of millions of digital images from sources like the Hubble telescope and the Sloan Digital Sky Survey.

From the desktop, the technology lets people pan and zoom across the night sky, zeroing in on planets, stars, galaxies, and other objects. It also lets people call up related data, stories, or context about what they’re seeing from sources online.