Simple tool for exploring the night sky at different wavelengths of light. Built by Lowe, Simpson, and North.
Category: Astronomy
Astro Apps
Collection of interesting astronomical and cosmological simulations, created by Haus der Astronomie.
Deflection of Light in Schwarzschild Spacetime
Basic and easy-to-use simulation for light curving around a black hole. Created by Thomas Müller.
Academo Collection
A collection of small open source physics simulations, created by Academo.
What is a Day
What is a day, actually? Part video, part simulation, all interesting. Created by Jasper Palfree.
LabXchange Library
Wide variety of simulations and virtual labs, covering biology, chemistry, physics and more. Curated by LabXchange.
Space Elevator
Scroll up on this webpage and take yourself higher and higher, exploring “What’s up there?” with fun cartoony graphics. Created by neal.fun.
Interstellar
Have you ever wanted to walk backward into a black hole? Fly through a wormhole? Now’s your chance in this relativistic simulation. Based on the setup in the movie Interstellar, and created by sirXemic.
Spaceflight Simulator
An easy-to-use rocket simulator. See if you can build a ship that can make it to space, the moon, or further. Now see if you can do it safely. Free demo versions available on certain platforms.
Veloc-t in Space
Fly through the universe near the speed of light, and experience the relativistic effects of length contraction and time dilation. Can you make it to Andromeda in one raptor’s lifetime? Built by TestTubeGames.