About
An atlas of the cosmos
CosmoLapse is an interactive, cinematic atlas of the universe. Fly from the Local Group of galaxies down into the Milky Way, into the Solar System, and on to individual planets and moons, all rendered in real-time 3D in your browser.
What you can explore
The atlas spans several scales. At the widest, the Local Group shows the Milky Way, Andromeda, Triangulum, the Magellanic Clouds, and other neighbouring galaxies. Step into a galaxy and you can visit star systems: the real Solar System, plus genuine exoplanet systems such as TRAPPIST-1, Proxima Centauri, Kepler-90, and 51 Pegasi. Each system shows its star and planets on their orbits, with a detail panel for every body. For the Solar System you also get dwarf planets, major moons, rings, the asteroid and Kuiper belts, constellations, and notable spacecraft trajectories.
Data and honesty about scale
Factual figures are seeded from NASA planetary fact sheets and Wikipedia, with live summaries fetched from Wikipedia and structured facts from Wikidata where available. True scale cannot be shown on one screen, so CosmoLapse offers cinematic, relative-size, and true-distance modes and always labels which one is in use. Galaxy renderings and any systems shown in other galaxies are explicitly stylised, because individual planets in other galaxies cannot be observed.
Languages and accessibility
The explorer is available in English and Polish, with keyboard navigation, a reduced-motion mode, a high-contrast option, and the ability to pause all motion.