Other Worlds, Distant Suns was selected as Windows Magazine's Hot Spot for 25 September 1996.

Other Worlds, Distant Suns was selected as a runner up for the Virtus VRML Site of the week for

27 September 1996

Other Worlds, Distant Suns was selected as Sky & Telescope's Featured Site for October 1996

Other Worlds, Distant Suns was reviewed by PRN Radio Network on 16 November 1996

The Exploratorium listed this site as one of its Ten Cool Sites for February 1997

Ashgate Arachnid awarded this site the Medaille d'Or on February 8, 1997

PBS' Nova listed this site as a resource for the episode "Hunt for Alien Worlds"

USA Today selected this site as a Hot Site of the Day on 27 March 1997

This site is selected as the Education Index's Top Site for Astronomy

Examination Technique Academy of the U.K. awarded this site 5 stars for educational content.

Study Web listed this site for its educational excellence on 12 January 1998.

The Griffith Observatory listed this site as the Best Astronomy Site for the first week of February 1998.