Now, take a tour to local planets and moons of the solar system with Google Maps

Continuing with its innovations, Google has updated the Google Maps which comes as a treat for the stargazers. Google Maps has now added to its line-up imagery of Pluto, Venus and several moons – a total of 16 celestial bodies. While Google has long offered detailed imagery of Mars and the Earth’s Moon, these were not directly accessible from the Maps interface. Earth as seen from Google Maps To access the new imagery, one can just zoom out from terrestrial Google Maps view until you hit outer space. Mars as seen from Google Maps The company stated that it worked with astronomical artist Bjorn Jonsson, who assembled the maps of planets and moons to its service, by working with imagery from US space agency NASA and the European Space Agency.