SpaceEngine has released Version 0.991, known as the Universe Generation Update, marking one of the most significant advances the simulation has seen in years. The update is now available to all users ...

Real-life space exploration takes ages. Imagine spending ten years just to reach Pluto on a fast spacecraft like New Horizons or a staggering 81,000 years to visit the nearest exoplanet! But wait, ...

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In our home Milky Way galaxy, there are over 200 billion stars just like our very own sun, and that’s just in one single galaxy. There are over one hundred billion galaxies in our known universe, and ...

There are one hundred billion galaxies in the universe, and you can visit every one. The SpaceEngine simulator may sound like one of this year’s most anticipated games — it’s an unfathomably massive, ...