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<div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5343/A.wav' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='New Map of the Universe Lets Users Travel Through Space and Time' data-article-id='5933'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='12521'>Swiss researchers say they have completed the most detailed virtual reality (VR) map of the universe ever created.</span> <span data-start-time='12521' data-end-time='23875'>The map permits users to “travel through space and time,” the researchers said in a recent statement. </span> <span data-start-time='23875' data-end-time='31208'>It can be imagined as a kind of Google Earth, but for the universe. </span> <span data-start-time='31208' data-end-time='40396'>The map was created by a team at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL).</span> <span data-start-time='40396' data-end-time='49792'>With the help of VR headsets, users can visit places in the universe virtually. </span> <span data-start-time='49792' data-end-time='60708'>This includes the International Space Station, the Moon, Saturn and far away exoplanets.</span> <span data-start-time='60708' data-end-time='70104'>The software program is called the Virtual Reality Universe Project, or VIRUP. </span> <span data-start-time='70104' data-end-time='83708'>The researchers said they combined the largest data set of information about the universe to create the three-dimensional (3D) experience.</span> <span data-start-time='83708' data-end-time='93875'>People can see the virtual universe through VR equipment or with 3D glasses in a theater. </span> <span data-start-time='93875' data-end-time='101875'>A personal computer can also be used to see the universe in a non-3D way.</span> <span data-start-time='101875' data-end-time='110500'>Jean-Paul Kneib is the director of EPFL's astrophysics laboratory. </span> <span data-start-time='110500' data-end-time='123146'>He told The Associated Press one of the best parts of the project was putting together parts of the data set “into one framework.”</span> <span data-start-time='123146' data-end-time='137292'>“You can see the universe at different scales -- nearby us, around the Earth, around the solar system, at the Milky Way level," Kneib said. </span> <span data-start-time='137292' data-end-time='145188'>To see through the universe and time up to the beginning -- what we call the Big Bang. </span> <span data-start-time='145188' data-end-time='153729'>Many scientists believe the Big Bang is the explosion that created the universe.</span> <span data-start-time='153729' data-end-time='164625'>VIRUP produces images that can appear as close as one meter or seemingly at an infinite distance. </span> <span data-start-time='164625' data-end-time='180083'>It is available to everyone for free, but does require at least a computer and is best experienced with VR equipment that can also show 3D images.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5343/A.jpeg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='vocabulary_question question-container' data-question-id=18168 data-hint-location='49792' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5343/what_is_an_exoplanet.wav'>What is an exoplanet?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='a planet that orbits a star outside our solar system'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5343/a_planet_that_orbits_a_star_outside_our_solar_system.wav'><span>a planet that orbits a star outside our solar system</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5343/a_place_that_people_visit_to_lift_weights_and_conduct_strength_routines.wav'><span>a place that people visit to lift weights and conduct strength routines</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5343/device_worn_on_the_head_that_permits_the_use_to_see_and_hear_computer_images.wav'><span>device worn on the head that permits the use to see and hear computer images</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5343/a_set_of_ideas_or_facts_that_provide_support_for_something.wav'><span>a set of ideas or facts that provide support for something</span></div></div></div><div class='multiple_choice_question question-container' data-question-id=18169 data-hint-location='0' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5343/what_does_vr_stand_for.wav'>What does VR stand for?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='virtual reality'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5343/virtual_reality.wav'><span>virtual reality</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5343/very_real.wav'><span>very real</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5343/venus_reality.wav'><span>Venus reality</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5343/video_realm.wav'><span>video realm</span></div></div></div><div class='sentence_completion_question question-container' data-question-id=18170 data-hint-location='145188' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5343/many_scientists_believe_the_big_bang_is_the_explosion_that_created_the__blank_.wav'>Many scientists believe the Big Bang is the explosion that created the <span class='blank'>universe</span>.</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='universe'><div class='choice' 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