Scientific catalogs, rendered as explorable data
From confirmed exoplanets to the cosmic microwave background, OpenSpace plots scientific catalogs in context of the universe.
How it works
Scientific catalogs
Every point is backed by data pulled from NASA archives and international sky surveys.
True positions in 3D space
Each object sits at its measured distance and position, so you can explore datasets in their simulated environment.
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Turn any catalog on or off, adjust marker size and color, and blend multiple datasets live or add your own data to explore.
Catalogs
Exoplanets
NASA Exoplanet Archive · 5,000+ confirmed worlds
Every confirmed exoplanet plotted around its host star, updated from the NASA Exoplanet Archive. Multi-planet systems are marked, and the narrow cone of the Kepler field reveals just how many worlds a single patch of sky can hold.
Digital Universe Atlas
Tully Galaxy Catalog · 2dF · Sloan Digital Sky Survey
Deep sky surveys plotting hundreds of thousands of galaxies in three dimensions, from the nearby Tully catalog out through 2dF and the Sloan Digital Sky Survey — revealing the cosmic web of clusters, filaments, and voids.
Quasars
Half a million active galactic nuclei
A catalog of the most distant, luminous objects we can see — supermassive black holes actively feeding on infalling matter, mapped out toward the edge of the observable universe.
Cosmic microwave background
The universe's oldest light · 13.8 billion years old
The Planck mission's all-sky temperature map of the radiation released 400,000 years after the Big Bang — the seed fluctuations that grew, by gravity, into today's galaxies and clusters.
Asteroids & comets
JPL Small-Body Database · Minor Planet Center
Orbital data for hundreds of thousands of asteroids and comets, rendered as true trajectories through the Solar System — including near-Earth objects and every famous named comet.
Start exploring the catalogs
Every catalog listed here ships with OpenSpace. Download it free and explore them in the defauly profile.